Is BUCKHANNON WATER BOARD's water safe to drink?
BUCKHANNON WATER BOARD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 8,098 people through 3,979 service connections.
BUCKHANNON WATER BOARD's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BUCKHANNON WATER BOARD ranks 7,603th by violation burden (41th percentile) - 34 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the WV average
Among the 135 WV systems in this dataset, the average is 6.4 health-based violations - BUCKHANNON WATER BOARD's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
BUCKHANNON WATER BOARD's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1994-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
BUCKHANNON WATER BOARD'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 BUCKHANNON WATER BOARD's record does not cover
BUCKHANNON WATER BOARD'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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for BUCKHANNON WATER BOARD - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.