Is BARCELONETA URBANO's water safe to drink?
BARCELONETA URBANO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 16,404 people through 6,144 service connections.
How this compares nationally
166 total violations and 26 health-based ones put BARCELONETA URBANO at the 95th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 668 of 12,903.
How BARCELONETA URBANO compares within PR
BARCELONETA URBANO's 26 health-based violations sit within the PR average of 46.1, across 103 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BARCELONETA URBANO is from 2020-01-07 (health-based: 2013-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BARCELONETA 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what BARCELONETA URBANO reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 26 health-based violations on file for BARCELONETA 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.