Public water system record

Okay PWA

Serves an area of Wagoner County and Muskogee County, OK that includes Muskogee and Okay · 767 people served

Federal records show 16 health-based violations and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for Okay PWA in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

OK3007351
OKAY
OK
767 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water

ZIP 74446

EPA system ID OK3007351

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Health-based violations, last 10 years: 16
Resolved: 15
Unresolved: 1
Any acute record: No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years: 10

Key facts

Okay PWA buys its water from Muskogee.
Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.101 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.7 times the limit), 2020.
Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, March 2026.
Record on file since 1993, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.

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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	Active Enforcement action in place	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, 2023	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, 2022	Resolved	No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.079 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)	220	Jul 1, 2020	Resolved	No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)	220	Apr 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	Apr 1, 2020	Resolved	No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.074 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)	220	Jan 1, 2020	Resolved	No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.101 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)	220	Jan 1, 2020	Resolved	No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)	220	Oct 1, 2019	Resolved	No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.074 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)	220	Oct 1, 2019	Resolved	No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.1 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)	220	Oct 1, 2019	Resolved	No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.075 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 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	Apr 1, 2019	Resolved	No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)	220	Jan 1, 2018	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, 2017	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, 2017	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	Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT	Oct 17, 2024	Active Enforcement action in place
Consumer Confidence Rule OTHER	Oct 2, 2022	Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Monitoring and reporting	Apr 1, 2018	Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule OTHER	Jul 1, 2016	Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Monitoring and reporting	Jun 30, 2016	Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Monitoring and reporting	Mar 31, 2016	Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Monitoring and reporting	Mar 31, 2016	Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Monitoring and reporting	Dec 30, 2015	Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Monitoring and reporting	Dec 30, 2015	Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Okay PWA go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 23 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in	Health-based	Monitoring and reporting
1990s	0	2
2000s	0	7
2010 to October 18, 2016	7	14
October 19, 2016 to 2019	8	1
2020s	8	3

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

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016

Contaminant	Start date	Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.108 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)	Apr 1, 2016	Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)	Apr 1, 2016	Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)	Jan 1, 2016	Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)	Jan 1, 2016	Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.095 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)	Oct 1, 2015	Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)	Oct 1, 2015	Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) Contaminant limit exceeded Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)	Jul 1, 2015	Resolved

Enforcement actions

Oklahoma regulators and EPA took 11 formal enforcement actions against Okay PWA between 2015 and 2026, filed as 12 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2026.

Date	By	Action	Violations covered
Mar 19, 2026	EPA	Compliance order (no penalty)	2 violations (1 health-based): LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Apr 12, 2023	Oklahoma	Compliance order (no penalty)	1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jan 24, 2023	Oklahoma	Compliance order (no penalty)	1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Dec 8, 2020	Oklahoma	Compliance order (no penalty)	1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Aug 7, 2020	Oklahoma	Compliance order (no penalty)	4 violations (4 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
May 1, 2020	Oklahoma	Compliance order (no penalty)	5 violations (5 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 7, 2019	Oklahoma	Compliance order (no penalty)	1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Aug 15, 2019	Oklahoma	Compliance order (no penalty)	1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
May 16, 2017	Oklahoma	Compliance order with a penalty	10 violations (10 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 22, 2016	Oklahoma	Compliance order with a penalty	2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Nov 2, 2015	Oklahoma	Compliance order with a penalty	1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

14 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

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.

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Okay PWA buys its water from Muskogee. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Okay PWA.

Buys water from

Muskogee Muskogee, OK

Annual water quality report

Okay 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.

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

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Oklahoma.

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