Community Water System · PWS PR0003722
Almirante Norte
Operator location Vega Baja, Puerto Rico - larger served population (> 3,309) at 4,285 people served; 163 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 4,285
- People served (this PWS)
- 163
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 16
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Almirante Norte standing, high SDWIS violation third
4,285 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 10% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #8,482 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Almirante Norte sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (163), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (4,285; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 10% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #8,482 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #87 of 235
- Population · PR
- 163
- Total EPA violations on record
- 10%
- 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
- 1,605
- County
- Vega Baja Municipio
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 16
- Monitoring Violations
- 140
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 16 | 2016 |
| TTHM | MR | 15 | 2016 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 11 | 2019 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 11 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 10 | 2013 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 6 | 2010 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2016 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2020 |
| TTHM | MCL | 4 | 2020 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 2012 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 2006 |
| Atrazine | MR | 3 | 2012 |
| LASSO | MR | 3 | 2012 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 2 | 2020 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| Picloram | MR | 1 | 1998 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Almirante Norte has 163 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 10% of this system's own violations are health-based (16 of 163), and it ranks #8,482 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)
163 Higher than most more violations than 82% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Almirante Norte
EPA SDWIS lists 4,285 people served and 1,605 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
163 violations · 4,285 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Almirante Norte
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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