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Bixby Public Works Authority

Serves Bixby, Tulsa County, OK · 18,750 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Bixby Public Works Authority in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • OK3007243
  • BIXBY
  • OK
  • 18,750 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 74008
EPA system ID OK3007243

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Bixby Public Works Authority buys its water from Tulsa.
  • Record on file since 2007, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 8 unknown out of 11,959 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 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
 Jul 1, 2025 Active
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2024 Active
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2021 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 2007

EPA's records for Bixby Public Works Authority go back to 2007. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 1 5

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Bixby Public Works Authority buys its water from Tulsa. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 3 other community water systems buy water from Bixby Public Works Authority.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Bixby Public Works Authority 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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