What's in BUFFALO WATER AUTHORITY's water?
BUFFALO WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 276,000, over 80,000 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
38 total violations and 2 health-based ones put BUFFALO WATER AUTHORITY at the 54th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,987 of 12,903.
How BUFFALO WATER AUTHORITY compares within NY
Among the 443 NY systems in this dataset, the average is 4.1 health-based violations - BUFFALO WATER AUTHORITY's 2 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 BUFFALO WATER AUTHORITY is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2002-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BUFFALO WATER AUTHORITY'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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BUFFALO WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for BUFFALO WATER AUTHORITY - 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.