What's in BUCHANAN CO PSA's water?
BUCHANAN CO PSA had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 19,326, over 7,985 connections.
BUCHANAN CO PSA's record against the rest of the country
19 total violations and 13 health-based ones put BUCHANAN CO PSA at the 88th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,502 of 12,903.
Against the VA average
BUCHANAN CO PSA's 13 health-based violations sit above the VA average of 4.2, across 186 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BUCHANAN CO PSA's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
BUCHANAN CO PSA'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BUCHANAN CO PSA's record does not cover
This is what BUCHANAN CO PSA reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BUCHANAN CO PSA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,502th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.