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Ponca City tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Ponca City. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Ponca City is served by 7 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 32,720 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 237 violations across the community water system(s) serving Ponca City, going back to the earliest EPA record. 23 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Ponca City Mun Water
27,155 served · surface water · PWSID OK1021202 - Health-based Coliform (TCR): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 4 times between August 1991 and September 1997. The EPA record lists a level of 0 ; the limit (MCL) is 0 . All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in October 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in October 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring CARBON, TOTAL: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring E. COLI: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between July 2014 and July 2017. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between April 1994 and November 1998. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in March 1998. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Turbidity: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 27 times between October 1979 and October 1982. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Mccord Rwd #3
1,800 served · surface water · PWSID OK3005747 - Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between July 2012 and July 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Kay Co Rwd #1
1,765 served · surface water · PWSID OK3003605 - Health-based LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in October 2024. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between June 1993 and October 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2017 and April 2017. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (Pre-TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between November 1981 and February 1982. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Kay Co Rwd #3
1,000 served · surface water · PWSID OK3003602 - Health-based Coliform (Pre-TCR): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times between March 1981 and June 1983. The EPA record lists a level of 12 ; the limit (MCL) is 1 . All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in August 1994. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in June 1993. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (Pre-TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between October 1979 and November 1984. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Osage Co Rws & Swd #3 (Braden)
700 served · surface water · PWSID OK3005748 - Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between July 2023 and February 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 7 times between August 2023 and February 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between December 2015 and August 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between November 2020 and August 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between July 2012 and July 2017. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between October 2007 and January 2010. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Noble Co Rwd #3
250 served · groundwater · PWSID OK2005207 - Health-based Lead and Copper Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 3 times between January 2010 and August 2011. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Coliform (TCR): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times between October 1992 and May 1995. The EPA record lists a level of 0 ; the limit (MCL) is 0 . All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Coliform (Pre-TCR): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 11 times between April 1980 and October 1990. The EPA record lists a level of 80 ; the limit (MCL) is 1 . All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring E. COLI: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 12 times between June 2013 and July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 9 times between July 2006 and July 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between January 2016 and October 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between June 1993 and January 2011. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between June 1995 and December 1998. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (Pre-TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 22 times between October 1979 and November 1984. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Mason Trailer Park
50 served · groundwater · PWSID OK2007062 - Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 21 times between August 2019 and November 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between October 2009 and July 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring E. COLI: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in September 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Nitrate-Nitrite: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 2013 and July 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Xylenes, Total: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring DICHLOROMETHANE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring o-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring p-Dichlorobenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Vinyl chloride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2-Dichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1,1-Trichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Carbon tetrachloride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2-Dichloropropane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Trichloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,1,2-Trichloroethane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Tetrachloroethylene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring CHLOROBENZENE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Benzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Toluene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Ethylbenzene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Styrene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.