Is LAKE BUCHANAN's water safe to drink?
LAKE BUCHANAN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,484, over 828 connections.
LAKE BUCHANAN's record against the rest of the country
14 total violations and 6 health-based ones put LAKE BUCHANAN at the 75th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,186 of 12,903.
How LAKE BUCHANAN compares within TX
LAKE BUCHANAN's 6 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 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 LAKE BUCHANAN is from 2021-01-02 (health-based: 2019-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAKE BUCHANAN'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is LAKE BUCHANAN's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for LAKE BUCHANAN - 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.