GURABO URBANO: EPA violation history, explained
GURABO URBANO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 25,469, over 9,539 connections.
How this compares nationally
GURABO URBANO has 319 violations on record in total, 165 of thems health-based - ranking it 23th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 100th percentile nationally.
How GURABO URBANO compares within PR
Among the 103 PR systems in this dataset, the average is 46.1 health-based violations - GURABO URBANO's 165 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for GURABO URBANO is from 2025-01-04 (health-based: 2020-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GURABO 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); Interim 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
GURABO 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 - 165 health-based violations on file for GURABO 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.