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Leflore Co. RWD #5

Serves an area of Le Flore County, OK · 1,593 people served

Federal records show 13 health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Leflore Co. RWD #5 in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • OK3004010
  • HOWE
  • OK
  • 1,593 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 74940
EPA system ID OK3004010

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
13
Resolved
13
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
9

Key facts

  • Leflore Co. RWD #5 buys its water from Poteau Valley Improvement Authority.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.078 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit), 2020.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Oklahoma, August 2020.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,032 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 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.066 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.098 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.065 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.078 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2019 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 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.066 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jun 1, 2023 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2022 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2020 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2020 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 31, 2020 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 31, 2020 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 30, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Leflore Co. RWD #5 go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 6
2000s 1 7
October 19, 2016 to 2019 6 2
2020s 7 7

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 2003, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2003 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1994 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1993 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oklahoma regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Leflore Co. RWD #5 and issued 1 boil water order between 1994 and 2020, filed as 7 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 7, 2020 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 9 violations (9 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
May 29, 2020 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 8 violations (8 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 7, 2019 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jun 21, 1995 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
Sep 13, 1994 Oklahoma Boil water order 1 violation

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

7 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

6 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Leflore Co. RWD #5 buys its water from Poteau Valley Improvement Authority. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Leflore Co. RWD #5 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.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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