DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST's water?

BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,055, over 1,160 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST ranks 8,322th by violation burden (36th percentile) - 9 violations total, 1 health-based.

How BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST compares within AR

Among the 243 AR systems in this dataset, the average is 7.1 health-based violations - BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST is from 2012-01-02 (health-based: 1999-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST'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:

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 BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for BUFFALO ISLAND REG WATER DIST - 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.