CABO ROJO: EPA violation history, explained
CABO ROJO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 20,356, over 7,624 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
CABO ROJO has 264 violations on record in total, 64 of thems health-based - ranking it 174th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 99th percentile nationally.
How CABO ROJO compares within PR
CABO ROJO's 64 health-based violations sit above 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 CABO ROJO is from 2021-01-12 (health-based: 2021-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CABO ROJO'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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 CABO ROJO 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. Between the utility's meter and CABO ROJO's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 174th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.