Serving roughly 31,451 people in San Mateo County, California.
Data current as of July 2026
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Results for CITY OF BURLINGAME
1 water provider directly on file, serving roughly 31,451 people in San Mateo County, California.
Quick answer: CITY OF BURLINGAME has no violations on file. One reading is worth knowing about: Lead was measured at 130UG/L, among the highest of the 113 providers on file in this area. It's the most notable figure in this system's record among its 113 local peers.
Lead Summary
Lead
Totalhaloaceticacids (HAA5)
TTHM
Chloroform
Bromodichloromethane
Dibromochloromethane
Dichloroaceticacid
Trichloroaceticacid
Copper, Free
Utility CITY OF BURLINGAMEPopulation served 31,451Owner Local government
Naturally occurring or corrosion-related elements, e.g. lead, arsenic, copper
Lead Summary
Detected: 0.0063 mg/L (ppm)
12/31/2025
Lead
Detected: 130 UG/L (ppb)
9/10/2025
A metal that can leach from old pipes, solder, and fixtures. Current medical guidance holds there is no truly safe level of lead exposure, especially for children and pregnant women.
Copper, Free
Detected: 184 UG/L (ppb)
9/10/2025
Disinfection Byproducts
Formed when chlorine used to disinfect water reacts with organic matter
Totalhaloaceticacids (HAA5)
Detected: 37 UG/L (ppb)
9/10/2025
TTHM
Detected: 55.8 UG/L (ppb)
9/10/2025
A group of disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter. Long-term exposure above the legal limit has been linked to increased cancer risk in some studies.
Chloroform
Detected: 54.8 UG/L (ppb)
9/10/2025
One of the individual trihalomethane disinfection byproducts, formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter.
Bromodichloromethane
Detected: 1.06 UG/L (ppb)
9/10/2025
Dibromochloromethane
Detected: 1.74 UG/L (ppb)
3/12/2025
Other
Additional substances tested that don't fit neatly into the categories above
Dichloroaceticacid
Detected: 21 UG/L (ppb)
9/10/2025
Trichloroaceticacid
Detected: 16 UG/L (ppb)
9/10/2025
Filtration considerations: See the table below for how whole-house carbon, under-sink reverse osmosis, and under-sink carbon systems compare against what's actually on file here. These are general system types, not a specific product recommendation.