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Cameron PWA

Serves Cameron, Le Flore County, OK · 302 people served

Federal records show 5 health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for Cameron PWA in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • OK3004011
  • POTEAU
  • OK
  • 302 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 74953
EPA system ID OK3004011

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
5
Resolved
5
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
11

Key facts

  • Cameron PWA buys its water from Poteau Valley Improvement Authority.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit), 2020.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Oklahoma, April 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 168 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 0.092 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 0.09 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 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.09 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2019 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 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 2, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 2, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 2, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Dec 2, 2019 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 29, 2019 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Cameron PWA 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 1 5
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 5
October 19, 2016 to 2019 4 4
2020s 1 7

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2016, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1993 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oklahoma regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Cameron PWA between 2012 and 2020. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 24, 2020 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Oct 7, 2019 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 15, 2012 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 3 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

3 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

2 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Cameron PWA 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

Cameron PWA 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.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Cameron PWA for a copy.

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