Community Water System · PWS PR0003872
Lares Espino
Operator location Santurce, Puerto Rico - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 200 violations and 16,676 people served.
- 16,676
- People served (this PWS)
- 200
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 16
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Lares Espino standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #3,151 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Lares Espino sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (200), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (16,676; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #3,151 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #37 of 235
- Population · PR
- 200
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 6,246
- County
- Lares Municipio
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 15
- Monitoring Violations
- 177
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cryptosporidium | MR | 20 | 2018 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 18 | 2016 |
| Turbidity | MR | 18 | 2018 |
| E. COLI | MR | 18 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 8 | 2018 |
| TTHM | MR | 6 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 6 | 2018 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2020 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| TTHM | MCL | 4 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2019 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 2 | 2018 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 2 | 2018 |
| Dalapon | MR | 2 | 2018 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 2 | 2018 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 2 | 2018 |
| Picloram | MR | 2 | 2018 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 2 | 2018 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 2 | 2018 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Lares Espino has 200 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (16 of 200), and it ranks #3,151 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)
200 Higher than most more violations than 85% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 1 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/22/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/22/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/22/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/22/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/22/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/22/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/18/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/18/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/18/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/18/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Lares Espino
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS PR0003872 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
200 violations · 16,676 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 Lares Espino
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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