Community Water System · PWS PR0002792
Esperanza
Operator location Arecibo, Puerto Rico - 28% of 265 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,232 served per SDWIS.
- 2,232
- People served (this PWS)
- 265
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 73
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Esperanza standing, high SDWIS violation third
28% of 265 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 28% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #12,746 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Esperanza sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (265), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,232 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 28% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,746 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #122 of 235
- Population · PR
- 265
- Total EPA violations on record
- 28%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 836
- County
- Arecibo Municipio
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 177
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 70
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 67 | 2005 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 11 | 2018 |
| TTHM | MR | 11 | 2018 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2022 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Styrene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2005 |
| Endothall | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 3 | 2025 |
| Diquat | MR | 3 | 2019 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Esperanza has 265 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 11% carry more. 28% of this system's own violations are health-based (73 of 265), and it ranks #12,746 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
265 Higher than most more violations than 89% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Esperanza
73 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PR0002792.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
265 violations · 2,232 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Esperanza
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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