Physical & aggregate · 2024
Hardness in Burbank, CA tap water
Burbank, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Hardness at or above the federal limit (3 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 100.0× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 148–300 mg/L | 3 mg/L MCL |
Reported level System-wide | 285 mg/L | 3 mg/L MCL |
Verbatim from Burbank, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Hardness
A measure of dissolved calcium and magnesium minerals.
Not federally regulated for health; affects scaling, soap use, and taste.
How Burbank, CA compares
3 of the 124 systems measuring Hardness on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Hardness:
People also ask
+Is there Hardness in Burbank, CA tap water?
Yes — Burbank, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Hardness at 148–300 mg/L. Burbank, CA's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Hardness at or above the federal limit (3 mg/L MCL). Measured value is 100.0× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Hardness in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Hardness is 3 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Hardness?
A measure of dissolved calcium and magnesium minerals. Not federally regulated for health; affects scaling, soap use, and taste.
+Which other U.S. cities have Hardness over the federal limit?
3 of the 124 systems on The Water Map measuring Hardness report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Pomona, CA, San Diego, CA, Vancouver, WA.
+Where does this Hardness measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Hardness entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Burbank, CA water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/ca/burbank/2024/source.