# WAKPALA WATER SYSTEM
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `50763`
- **Case Number:** 08-1997-0121
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- RALPH WALKER (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY ADMIN ORDER TO THE RESPONDENT BECAUSE   OF THE CONDITION OF LAKE OAHE, THE SOURCE OF WATER FOR       WAKPALA WATER SYSTEM.  LAKE OAHE IS MICROBIOLOGICALLY A      HIGH RISK SOURCE BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF LIVESTOCK AND    OTHER SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION WITHIN THE WATERSHED.         EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT THE LACK OF EFFECTIVE FILTRATION     TREATMENT ON A HIGH RISK SOURCE MAY PRESENT AN IMMINENT      AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT.                                GIARDIA AND CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MAY BE PRESENT.

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