Public water system · OK2003626
ActiveArbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa
At a glance
Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa (PWSID OK2003626) is an active transient non-community water system in Kay County, Oklahoma. It reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
50
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa compare with other water systems in Kay County?
By EPA's size categories, Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Kay County has 14 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 3,254 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 45,560 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Oklahoma, the 1,254 active systems average 2,907 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa is about 65% below that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Oklahoma has 306 active transient non-community water systems, 24% of the state's 1,254 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 701 Oklahoma systems (56%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa?
EPA lists Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa as privately owned. The OK state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 3 of the 14 active systems in Kay County (21%) are also privately owned.
Does Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. The violations listed here began between October 2019 and July 2025. By type: 8 monitoring and 4 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (8 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved, 3 as unaddressed and 1 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-08 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2025-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2023-10-19 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2023-08-08 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2023-08-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2023-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2022-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2021-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitrate-Nitritecode 1038 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa: frequently asked questions
Who runs Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa?
Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa (PWSID OK2003626) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OK state drinking water program.
How many people does Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa serve?
Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa reports serving 50 people through 1 service connection in Kay County, Oklahoma.
Where does Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa have any drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the OK state drinking water program.
Where can I find Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Kay County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponca City Mun Water | Kay | 27,155 | Community | Surface water |
| Blackwell Municipal Authority | Kay | 7,668 | Community | Surface water |
| Tonkawa | Kay | 3,299 | Community | Groundwater |
| Newkirk | Kay | 2,243 | Community | Groundwater |
| Kay Co Rwd #1 | Kay | 1,765 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Kay Co Rwd #3 | Kay | 1,000 | Community | Purchased surface water |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies - Tonkawa, PWSID OK2003626, Oklahoma”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/oklahoma/arbuckle-mountain-fried-pies-tonkawa-ok2003626 (data as of October 1, 2026).