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Community Water System · PWS CO0132005

Burlington City Of

Operator location Burlington, Colorado - 54% of 1,699 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 3,720 served per SDWIS.

3,720
People served (this PWS)
1,699
EPA violations (this PWS)
915
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Burlington City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

54% of 1,699 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 54% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #9,288 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Burlington City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (1,699), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,720; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 54% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#9,288 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#178 of 551
Population · CO
1,699
Total EPA violations on record
54%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
1,624
County
Kit Carson
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
915
Monitoring Violations
779
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate MCL 915 2018
Barium MR 36 2002
Cadmium MR 36 2002
Chromium MR 36 2002
Mercury MR 36 2002
Nickel MR 36 2002
Beryllium, Total MR 36 2002
Thallium, Total MR 36 2002
Antimony, Total MR 36 2002
Selenium MR 36 2002
Arsenic MR 36 2002
Nitrate MR 15 2014
Coliform (TCR) MR 14 2013
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 12 2006
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 12 2006
Xylenes, Total MR 12 2006
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 12 2006
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 12 2006
Carbon tetrachloride MR 12 2006
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 12 2006
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 12 2006
Tetrachloroethylene MR 12 2006
Benzene MR 12 2006
Ethylbenzene MR 12 2006
Styrene MR 12 2006
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 12 2006
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 12 2006
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 12 2006
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 12 2006
Trichloroethylene MR 12 2006

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Burlington City Of has 1,699 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 54% of this system's own violations are health-based (915 of 1,699), and it ranks #9,288 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

1,699 Higher than most more violations than 99%+ of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFPeS 5/15/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/15/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/15/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/15/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/15/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/15/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/15/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 5/15/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/15/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/15/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/15/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/15/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/15/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/15/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/15/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/15/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/15/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/15/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/15/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/15/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Burlington City Of

915 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CO0132005.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control

Nationwide peers

1,699 violations · 3,720 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Burlington City Of

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater