Water Quality: Cromwell, OK

1 water system • 337 people served

Multiple Health Violations
89
Total Violations
67
Health-Based Violations
1
Water Systems
337
Population Served

Water Quality Summary

Cromwell is served by 1 public water system with a combined service population of 337 people, and has 89 EPA Safe Drinking Water Act violations on record. Critically, 67 of those are health-based violations, meaning one or more contaminants were detected above EPA-established safe levels — a serious public health concern. Cromwell's violation count is 66% below the national average for Oklahoma. Contaminants associated with violations include Gross Alpha, Nitrate, Stage 2 DBP, TTHM.

Contaminants Found

Gross Alpha

Alpha-emitting radioactive particles increase cancer risk, particularly from bone and other internal cancers.

Common source: Natural uranium and radium in geological formations

EPA limit: 15 pCi/L (excluding radon and uranium)

Nitrate

Causes methemoglobinemia (blue baby syndrome) in infants, reducing the blood's ability to carry oxygen.

Common source: Fertilizer runoff, septic systems, animal feedlots, natural deposits

EPA limit: 10 mg/L (as nitrogen)

Stage 2 DBP

Trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids that increase cancer risk and may cause adverse reproductive outcomes.

Common source: Chlorine disinfection reacting with natural organic matter in source water

EPA limit: TTHM: 0.080 mg/L; HAA5: 0.060 mg/L

TTHM

Total trihalomethanes are linked to increased risk of bladder cancer and adverse reproductive outcomes.

Common source: Reaction of chlorine disinfectants with naturally occurring organic matter in water

EPA limit: 0.080 mg/L (80 ppb)

Water Systems Serving Cromwell

System Name PWSID Source Population Violations
SEMINOLE CO. RW&SWMD #3 OK3006703 Surface Water 337 89

Concerned About Your Water?

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Data Sources

Drinking water violation data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Data includes all recorded violations for active community water systems.

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