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. 61,365 people get their water from it, across 25,704 connections.
How this compares nationally
BURLINGTON, CITY OF has 54 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,429th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 73th percentile nationally.
Against the NC average
BURLINGTON, CITY OF's 5 health-based violations sit within the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BURLINGTON, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 BURLINGTON, CITY OF's record does not cover
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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 54 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.