The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has warned Burlington residents that the city's water is not safe for drinking. According to the department, the city's water has high nitrate standards.

The department has cited the Burlington city on Wednesday with more than 2,100 violations of drinking water regulations of the state. The city has been fined about $988,416 by the department.

The CDPHE confirmed the citation in a press release. It is not the first time when Burlington has been issued a citation; last year, the city received an enforcement order from the department's Water Quality Control Division when the city officials were asked about the nitrate problem in the city water. The officials were asked to address the issue, the press release by CDPHE revealed.

According to the CDPHE, "Nitrate in drinking water is a serious health concern for infants younger than 6 months, and a potential risk for women who are pregnant or breast-feeding and other individuals who are taking medications that would make them sensitive to nitrate".

Most of the 2,109 violations are due to Burlington's failure to tell the residents and the department about the city's drinking-water standards. The city also failed in completing processes like water sampling, according to the department.

Now, city has been working with the department's Water Quality Control Division to decide about the cited violations and fine. Steve Rabe, spokesman of Burlington, said that the mistakes in maintaining safe water in city were unintentional.