Buffalo Creek Psd, WV Water Quality
Is Buffalo Creek Psd's water safe to drink?
Buffalo Creek Psd had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 3,542 people through 1,496 service connections.
How this compares nationally
17 total violations and 6 health-based ones put Buffalo Creek Psd at the 76th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,143 of 12,903.
Against the WV average
Buffalo Creek Psd's 6 health-based violations sit within the WV average of 6.1, across 162 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
Buffalo Creek Psd's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
Buffalo Creek Psd'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); Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; 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 Buffalo Creek Psd's record does not cover
Buffalo Creek Psd'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 17 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.