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Sapulpa Rural Water Company

Serves an area of Creek County, OK that includes Sapulpa · 5,810 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Sapulpa Rural Water Company in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • OK3001904
  • SAPULPA
  • OK
  • 5,810 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 74066
EPA system ID OK3001904

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Sapulpa Rural Water Company buys its water from Sapulpa and Tulsa.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2022.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Oklahoma, January 2023.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,510 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Active

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Sapulpa Rural Water Company go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 12 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 2
2000s 0 9
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
2020s 2 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 1992, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oklahoma regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Sapulpa Rural Water Company between 1993 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 5, 2023 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jan 7, 1993 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

2 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Sapulpa Rural Water Company buys its water from Sapulpa and Tulsa. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 2 other community water systems buy water from Sapulpa Rural Water Company. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Sapulpa Rural Water Company.

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Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Sapulpa Rural Water Company must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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