UTUADO URBANO: EPA violation history, explained
UTUADO 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 13,070 people through 4,895 service connections.
How this compares nationally
140 total violations and 80 health-based ones put UTUADO URBANO at the 99th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 117 of 12,903.
How UTUADO URBANO compares within PR
Among the 103 PR systems in this dataset, the average is 46.1 health-based violations - UTUADO URBANO's 80 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 UTUADO URBANO is from 2024-01-09 (health-based: 2016-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
UTUADO 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: 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
Everything on this page is UTUADO URBANO's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and UTUADO URBANO's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 117th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.