Yabucoa Urbano, PR Water Quality
What's in Yabucoa Urbano's water?
Yabucoa Urbano has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 14,728 people get their water from it, across 5,516 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Yabucoa Urbano ranks 55th by violation burden (100th percentile) - 252 violations total, 115 health-based.
How Yabucoa Urbano compares within PR
PR's 120 covered systems average 48.9 health-based violations each; Yabucoa Urbano carries 115, more than typical for the state. 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 Yabucoa Urbano is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2021-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Yabucoa 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: 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 Yabucoa 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 - 115 health-based violations on file for Yabucoa 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.