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Bar-Dew Water Assoc Inc

Serves an area of Washington County, OK that includes Bartlesville · 130 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 17 monitoring/reporting issues for Bar-Dew Water Assoc Inc in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • OK3007406
  • DEWEY
  • OK
  • 130 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 74029
EPA system ID OK3007406

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
17

Key facts

  • Bar-Dew Water Assoc Inc buys its water from Bartlesville.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Oklahoma, October 2019.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 50 unknown out of 70 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Bar-Dew Water Assoc Inc go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 14 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 3
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 8
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 5
2020s 1 8

Enforcement actions

Oklahoma regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Bar-Dew Water Assoc Inc between 2017 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 21, 2019 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Mar 1, 2019 Oklahoma Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule
Sep 11, 2017 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Apr 4, 2017 Oklahoma Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule

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

Bar-Dew Water Assoc Inc buys its water from Bartlesville. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Bar-Dew Water Assoc Inc 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 Bar-Dew Water Assoc Inc for a copy.

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

Testing your own water

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