PATILLAS URBANO: EPA violation history, explained
PATILLAS 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 32,222 people through 12,068 service connections.
PATILLAS URBANO's record against the rest of the country
PATILLAS URBANO has 436 violations on record in total, 36 of thems health-based - ranking it 431th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 97th percentile nationally.
How PATILLAS URBANO compares within PR
PATILLAS URBANO's 36 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 PATILLAS URBANO is from 2020-01-07 (health-based: 2020-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PATILLAS 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; Revised Total Coliform 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 PATILLAS 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 - 36 health-based violations on file for PATILLAS 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.