Is Bowlegs, OK tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Bowlegs has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Oklahoma’s records: Tri - County RWD #2.
Seminole, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 25 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Bowlegs’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Seminole
Oklahoma · serves 6,899 people · under 100 in Bowlegs
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 25 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Tri - County RWD #2
Oklahoma · serves 5,172 people · under 100 in Bowlegs
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFHxS at 22 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Seminole’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Bowlegs
TapBuff hasn’t read Oklahoma’s list of certified labs yet. The national page links every state’s own list.
Certified labs, state by stateWhich ZIP codes are in Bowlegs: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology.
Near Bowlegs
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Seminole’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water