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Community Water System · PWS PR0003832

Cimarrona

Operator location Guayama, Puerto Rico - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 173 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,387 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

2,387
People served (this PWS)
173
EPA violations (this PWS)
8
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Cimarrona standing, high SDWIS violation third

173 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,318 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Cimarrona sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (173), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,387 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#12,318 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#115 of 235
Population · PR
173
Total EPA violations on record
5%
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
894
County
Barceloneta Municipio
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
8
Monitoring Violations
160
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 12 2015
TTHM MR 11 2016
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 11 2016
Coliform (TCR) MCL 8 2015
OXAMYL MR 5 2019
Carbofuran MR 5 2019
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 4 2020
Endrin MR 4 2018
Toxaphene MR 4 2018
Glyphosate MR 4 2018
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 4 2018
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 4 2018
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 4 2018
LASSO MR 4 2018
Heptachlor MR 4 2018
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 4 2018
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 4 2018
Pentachlorophenol MR 4 2018
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 4 2018
Chlordane MR 4 2018
BHC-GAMMA MR 4 2018
Methoxychlor MR 4 2018
Dalapon MR 4 2018
Diquat MR 4 2018
Endothall MR 4 2018
Dinoseb MR 4 2018
Atrazine MR 4 2018
Heptachlor epoxide MR 4 2018
2,4-D MR 4 2018
2,4,5-TP MR 4 2018

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Cimarrona has 173 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 17% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 173), and it ranks #12,318 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)

173 Higher than most more violations than 83% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Cimarrona

173 violations on record for PR0003832; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

173 violations · 2,387 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Cimarrona

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Puerto Rico compares on the same EPA violation measures. Puerto Rico systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater