Is AWA BUCKHORN PLANT's water safe to drink?
AWA BUCKHORN PLANT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,791 people get their water from it, across 2,738 connections.
AWA BUCKHORN PLANT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, AWA BUCKHORN PLANT ranks 8,374th by violation burden (35th percentile) - 8 violations total, 1 health-based.
How AWA BUCKHORN PLANT compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; AWA BUCKHORN PLANT carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for AWA BUCKHORN PLANT is from 2016-01-10 (health-based: 2016-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
AWA BUCKHORN PLANT's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
AWA BUCKHORN PLANT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and AWA BUCKHORN PLANT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,374th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.