Public water system record
Burbank-City, Water Dept.
Serves Burbank, Los Angeles County, CA · 105,603 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Burbank-City, Water Dept. in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Burbank-City, Water Dept. draws water from 8 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, October 2022.
- Record on file since 1993, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 25,745 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Carbon tetrachloride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Tetrachloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Trichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Burbank-City, Water Dept. go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began January 1993, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Burbank-City, Water Dept. in 2022. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2022.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2022 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 4 violations: Revised Total Coliform Rule, Carbon tetrachloride, Tetrachloroethylene, Trichloroethylene |
| Aug 16, 2022 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Burbank-City, Water Dept. draws water from 8 wells. It also buys water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. It also has an emergency connection to Glendale-City, Water Dept. 2 other public water systems have emergency, seasonal or other part-time connections to Burbank-City, Water Dept.
Buys water from
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Glendale-City, Water Dept. Glendale, CA
Annual water quality report
Burbank-City, Water Dept. must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by California.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells