Community Water System · PWS PR0003022
Sanamuerto
Operator location Morovis, Puerto Rico - 66% of 460 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,498 served per SDWIS.
- 1,498
- People served (this PWS)
- 460
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 303
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Sanamuerto standing, high SDWIS violation third
66% of 460 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 66% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #16,065 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Sanamuerto sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (460), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,498 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 66% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,065 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #142 of 235
- Population · PR
- 460
- Total EPA violations on record
- 66%
- 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
- 561
- County
- Orocovis Municipio
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 143
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 291
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 172 | 2005 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 114 | 2008 |
| TTHM | MR | 17 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 17 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 10 | 2016 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2022 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Endrin | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Chlordane | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 3 | 2024 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 2 | 2005 |
| Dalapon | MR | 2 | 2005 |
| Picloram | MR | 2 | 2005 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 2 | 2005 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 2 | 2005 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 2 | 2005 |
| LASSO | MR | 2 | 2012 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 2 | 2012 |
| Selenium | MR | 2 | 2001 |
| Arsenic | MR | 2 | 2001 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Sanamuerto has 460 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 66% of this system's own violations are health-based (303 of 460), and it ranks #16,065 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)
460 Higher than most more violations than 95% 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 Sanamuerto
303 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PR0003022.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
460 violations · 1,498 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 Sanamuerto
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