Is BURLINGTON, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
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. 2,641 people get their water from it, across 1,343 connections.
How this compares nationally
50 total violations and 27 health-based ones put BURLINGTON, CITY OF at the 95th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 648 of 12,903.
How BURLINGTON, CITY OF compares within KS
KS's 152 covered systems average 8.7 health-based violations each; BURLINGTON, CITY OF carries 27, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BURLINGTON, CITY OF is from 2020-01-08 (health-based: 2016-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
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:
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
BURLINGTON, CITY OF'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 - 27 health-based violations on file for BURLINGTON, CITY OF - 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.