Is BUENA VISTA, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
BUENA VISTA, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,566, over 2,640 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BUENA VISTA, CITY OF ranks 4,346th by violation burden (66th percentile) - 12 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
How BUENA VISTA, CITY OF compares within VA
Among the 186 VA systems in this dataset, the average is 4.2 health-based violations - BUENA VISTA, CITY OF's 4 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BUENA VISTA, CITY OF is from 2023-01-08 (health-based: 1999-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BUENA VISTA, CITY OF'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)
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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BUENA VISTA, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for BUENA VISTA, CITY OF - 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.