Is BUCKLEY WATER's water safe to drink?
BUCKLEY WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 7,842 people through 2,382 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
BUCKLEY WATER has 35 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,592th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 41th percentile nationally.
Against the WA average
Among the 322 WA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.7 health-based violations - BUCKLEY WATER's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BUCKLEY WATER's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1992-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
BUCKLEY WATER'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 BUCKLEY WATER's record does not cover
This is what BUCKLEY WATER 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 BUCKLEY WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,592th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.