Arecibo Urbano, PR Water Quality
Is Arecibo Urbano's water safe to drink?
Arecibo Urbano had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 61,626 people through 23,081 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Arecibo Urbano ranks 255th by violation burden (98th percentile) - 504 violations total, 51 health-based.
Against the PR average
Among the 120 PR systems in this dataset, the average is 48.9 health-based violations - Arecibo Urbano's 51 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
Arecibo Urbano's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
The concern categories on record
Arecibo Urbano's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What Arecibo Urbano's record does not cover
Arecibo Urbano's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 51 health-based violations on file for Arecibo Urbano - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.