Is BURLINGTON WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
BURLINGTON WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 25,864 people get their water from it, across 9,403 connections.
How this compares nationally
BURLINGTON WATER DEPT has 157 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,548th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 80th percentile nationally.
How BURLINGTON WATER DEPT compares within MA
MA's 283 covered systems average 7.0 health-based violations each; BURLINGTON WATER DEPT carries 7, 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 WATER DEPT is from 2023-01-07 (health-based: 2014-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BURLINGTON WATER DEPT'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
BURLINGTON WATER DEPT'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. Between the utility's meter and BURLINGTON WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,548th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.