Ponce Urbano, PR Water Quality
Is Ponce Urbano's water safe to drink?
Ponce Urbano had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 113,972, over 42,686 connections.
Ponce Urbano's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Ponce Urbano ranks 35th by violation burden (100th percentile) - 784 violations total, 139 health-based.
Against the PR average
PR's 120 covered systems average 48.9 health-based violations each; Ponce Urbano carries 139, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
Ponce Urbano's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
The concern categories on record
Ponce 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
- 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 lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What Ponce Urbano's record does not cover
This is what Ponce 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 784 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.