Burbank, California
Burbank Water and Power 2024 Annual Water Quality Report (Currents, June 2025). Hardness 285 ppm as CaCO3 (range 148–300), 16.6 grains/gallon. Chloramine 2.1 ppm. No Measure S-style residential softener ban turned up — check the sewer agency on the bill.
- Hardness285 ppm / 16.6 gpg (range 148–300)
- Chloramine2.1 ppm (range 0.2–3.4)
- TTHMs9.0 ppb (range 3.1–30)
- HAA50.4 ppb (range ND–3.3)
Best match for Burbank
Salt-based water softener — confirm the district first
Check the sanitation district before installing a salt system.
Ask the agency on the sewer side of the bill before you cut a brine drain. California lets districts restrict self-regenerating units. A “banned in California” blog is not your district.
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Other options that still fit
Salt-free conditioner
A salt-free conditioner changes how scale sticks. It does not soften. Soap and spots stay closer to untreated. No brine line.
Whole-house catalytic carbon for chloramine
Catalytic carbon with a chloramine claim (NSF/ANSI 42 for chloramine). Regular chlorine carbon is the wrong box.
Under-sink reverse osmosis
The under-sink RO we actually run is Cloud RO — NSF/ANSI 58, kitchen tap, not a whole-house tank. Check the exact listing if PFAS is why you are shopping. Shop Amazon first for under-sink RO, or buy Cloud direct. Waterdrop is a tankless option if you want that path. A certifier-listed pitcher is the cheap first step. Nobody is paying for a medical claim.
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Test the tap first
A homeowner kit is a start. It is not a state-certified lab. Use a certified lab when the decision is expensive.
On the report
- Water utility
- Burbank Water and Power
- Hardness
- 2024 unregulated table. Hardness as CaCO3 average 285 ppm (range 148–300). Footnote (q) prints 285 ppm equivalent to 16.6 grains/gallon (ppm ÷ 17.1). One citywide row — not two invented source columns. — Burbank Water and Power 2024 Annual Water Quality Report
- Disinfectant
- Chloramines 2.1 ppm average (range 0.2–3.4), MRDL 4.0 / MRDLG 4.0. Chloramine, not free chlorine. Narrative says MWD treated water is chloraminated. — Burbank Water and Power 2024 Annual Water Quality Report
- Brine / salt to the sewer
- Check the sanitation district before installing. No Burbank Water and Power or City of Burbank residential self-regenerating softener ban like LACSD Measure S turned up. That is not a statewide ban finding. Ask BWP or the agency on the sewer bill before you cut a brine drain.
Also around here
Extra context besides the utility report and the chart above — geology, an unregulated table, or a published study. Not a second set of printed tap numbers.
- MicroplasticsWHO’s 2019 review examined studies that found microplastic particles in treated tap and bottled water in many places. That is a published-occurrence finding, not a number from this city’s water-quality report, and we do not invent a particles-per-liter count for the tap.Microplastics in drinking-water — World Health Organization
- SodiumSame 2024 unregulated table. Sodium 36 ppm (range 34–46). Not a ranking we invented.36 ppm (range 34–46).2024 Annual Water Quality Report — Burbank Water and Power
Burbank drinking water is Burbank Water and Power — local groundwater blended with Metropolitan Water District imported water. No Measure S-style residential self-regenerating install ban turned up. Ask the agency on the sewer bill before you cut a brine drain. This is not a legal opinion.
The 2024 report prints hardness 285 ppm / 16.6 gpg (range 148–300). Chloramine 2.1 ppm (0.2–3.4). TTHMs 9.0 ppb (3.1–30). HAA5 0.4 ppb (ND–3.3). Kitchen shopping stays the Cloud RO / Waterdrop path already used on other cities if a listing is why you are looking.
Sources
- 2024 Annual Water Quality Report (Currents, June 2025) — Burbank Water and Power. Accessed 2026-09-10.
Updated September 10, 2026. A city file is chemistry we can cite plus the sewer rule. No invented detections.