Is LARES ESPINO's water safe to drink?
LARES ESPINO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 16,896 people through 6,328 service connections.
LARES ESPINO's record against the rest of the country
LARES ESPINO has 100 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,068th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 84th percentile nationally.
How LARES ESPINO compares within PR
PR's 103 covered systems average 46.1 health-based violations each; LARES ESPINO carries 9, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LARES ESPINO is from 2020-01-07 (health-based: 2018-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LARES ESPINO'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); Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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
LARES ESPINO'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 - 9 health-based violations on file for LARES ESPINO - 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.