What's in BURLINGTON CITY OF's water?
BURLINGTON CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,720, over 1,624 connections.
How this compares nationally
BURLINGTON CITY OF has 317 violations on record in total, 84 of thems health-based - ranking it 104th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 99th percentile nationally.
How BURLINGTON CITY OF compares within CO
CO's 230 covered systems average 3.0 health-based violations each; BURLINGTON CITY OF carries 84, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BURLINGTON CITY OF is from 2019-08-10 (health-based: 2018-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BURLINGTON CITY OF'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:
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
The most severe category on record is nitrate / nitrite, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BURLINGTON CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and BURLINGTON CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 104th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.