Is BUFFALO, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
BUFFALO, CITY OF 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: 4,419, over 2,155 connections.
How this compares nationally
BUFFALO, CITY OF has 31 violations on record in total, 16 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,151th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 91th percentile nationally.
Against the WY average
BUFFALO, CITY OF's 16 health-based violations sit above the WY average of 5.0, across 44 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BUFFALO, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
BUFFALO, 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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 BUFFALO, CITY OF's record does not cover
BUFFALO, CITY OF'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 - 16 health-based violations on file for BUFFALO, 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.