Is CITY OF BUENA PARK's water safe to drink?
CITY OF BUENA PARK has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 81,998, over 19,081 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF BUENA PARK ranks 8,649th by violation burden (33th percentile) - 5 violations total, 1 health-based.
How CITY OF BUENA PARK compares within CA
CITY OF BUENA PARK's 1 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 803 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 CITY OF BUENA PARK is from 2007-01-12 (health-based: 2007-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF BUENA PARK'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)
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
CITY OF BUENA PARK'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 - 1 health-based violation on file for CITY OF BUENA PARK - 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.