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City of Burlingame

Serves Burlingame, San Mateo County, CA · 31,451 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Burlingame in the last ten years.

  • CA4110003
  • BURLINGAME
  • CA
  • 31,451 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 94010
EPA system ID CA4110003

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • City of Burlingame buys its water from San Francisco Regional Water System and Sfpuc City Distribution Division.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, August 2014.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 9,242 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for City of Burlingame go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and no monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 0
2000s 1 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 2014, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2001 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1993 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against City of Burlingame between 2000 and 2014. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2014.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 19, 2014 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Jun 18, 2014 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Jun 9, 2000 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

City of Burlingame buys its water from San Francisco Regional Water System and Sfpuc City Distribution Division. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

City of Burlingame 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.

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Testing your own water

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