Is BUHL COMMUNITY WATER COMPANY's water safe to drink?
BUHL COMMUNITY WATER COMPANY has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 2,227 people get their water from it, across 71 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BUHL COMMUNITY WATER COMPANY ranks 7,556th by violation burden (41th percentile) - 38 violations total, 1 health-based.
How BUHL COMMUNITY WATER COMPANY compares within PA
BUHL COMMUNITY WATER COMPANY's 1 health-based violations sit within the PA average of 5.5, across 475 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BUHL COMMUNITY WATER COMPANY is from 2027-06-07 (health-based: 2027-06-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BUHL COMMUNITY WATER COMPANY'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: Groundwater 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
This is what BUHL COMMUNITY WATER COMPANY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BUHL COMMUNITY WATER COMPANY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,556th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.