VEGA BAJA URBANO: EPA violation history, explained
VEGA BAJA URBANO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 26,935 people get their water from it, across 10,088 connections.
VEGA BAJA URBANO's record against the rest of the country
VEGA BAJA URBANO has 383 violations on record in total, 49 of thems health-based - ranking it 275th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 98th percentile nationally.
How VEGA BAJA URBANO compares within PR
Among the 103 PR systems in this dataset, the average is 46.1 health-based violations - VEGA BAJA URBANO's 49 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 VEGA BAJA URBANO is from 2025-01-03 (health-based: 2017-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
VEGA BAJA 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; Long Term 2 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
This is what VEGA BAJA 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. Between the utility's meter and VEGA BAJA URBANO's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 275th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.