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Deer Creek Rural Water Corp

At a glance

Deer Creek Rural Water Corp (PWSID OK2005504) is an active community water system in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It reports serving 5,500 people through 2,597 service connections. 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 October 2023.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

5,500

Service connections

2,597

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDOK2005504

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served5,500

Service connections2,597

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyOK state drinking water program

City served—

StateOklahoma

ZIP—

CountyOklahoma County

How does Deer Creek Rural Water Corp compare with other water systems in Oklahoma County?

By EPA's size categories, Deer Creek Rural Water Corp is a medium system (3,301 to 10,000 people). Oklahoma County has 113 active public water systems. Its population served is about 30% below the county average of 7,828 people per system, and accounts for 0.6% of the 884,508 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Oklahoma, the 1,254 active systems average 2,907 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Deer Creek Rural Water Corp is about 18% below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Oklahoma has 864 active community water systems, 69% 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 Deer Creek Rural Water Corp?

EPA lists Deer Creek Rural Water Corp 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. 93 of the 113 active systems in Oklahoma County (82%) are also privately owned.

Does Deer Creek Rural Water Corp have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2023. The violations listed here began between January 2020 and October 2023. By type: 12 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Combined Radium (-226 and -228) (4 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2023-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Radium (-226 and -228)code 4010	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross Beta Particle Activitycode 4100	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	No	Resolved
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Radium (-226 and -228)code 4010	No	Resolved
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000	No	Resolved
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	No	Resolved
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross Beta Particle Activitycode 4100	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Radium (-226 and -228)code 4010	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Radium (-226 and -228)code 4010	No	Resolved
2020-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000	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.

Deer Creek Rural Water Corp: frequently asked questions

Who runs Deer Creek Rural Water Corp?

Deer Creek Rural Water Corp (PWSID OK2005504) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the OK state drinking water program.

How many people does Deer Creek Rural Water Corp serve?

Deer Creek Rural Water Corp reports serving 5,500 people through 2,597 service connections in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

Where does Deer Creek Rural Water Corp 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 Deer Creek Rural Water Corp 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 October 2023. 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 Deer Creek Rural Water Corp'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 October 2023. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the OK state drinking water program.

Where can I find Deer Creek Rural Water Corp's water quality report?

As a community water system, Deer Creek Rural Water Corp must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Oklahoma County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	644,000	Community	Surface water
Edmond Pwa	Oklahoma	79,408	Community	Surface water
Midwest City	Oklahoma	55,935	Community	Surface water
Tinker Air Force Base	Oklahoma	24,645	Community	Groundwater
Del City	Oklahoma	22,128	Community	Surface water
Bethany	Oklahoma	20,307	Community	Groundwater under influence of 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, “Deer Creek Rural Water Corp, PWSID OK2005504, Oklahoma”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/oklahoma/deer-creek-rural-water-corp-ok2005504 (data as of October 1, 2026).