Oklahoma Cites Several Counties for Water Systems Violations
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In the last two years, Oklahoma has cited several counties for health violations at 36 water systems.
The Oklahoman reports the violators in Cleveland, Canadian and Oklahoma counties range from those who operate single-well systems serving a handful of public users to municipal water utilities serving thousands.
Michele Welsh is the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality’s public water supply compliance manager. She says many of the systems that struggle with treatment and maximum contaminant level violations are smaller systems that serve smaller populations.
The state’s violations affected about 16 percent of Oklahoma’s population in 2016.
Water quality and violations have become an issue nationwide after the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where more than 100,000 residents potentially were exposed to high lead levels in their drinking water.
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