Community Water System · PWS PR0003924
Villalba Urbano
Operator location Villalba, Puerto Rico - larger served population (> 3,309) at 3,362 people served; 273 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 3,362
- People served (this PWS)
- 273
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 50
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Villalba Urbano standing, high SDWIS violation third
3,362 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 18% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #9,847 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Villalba Urbano sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (273), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,362; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 18% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #9,847 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #100 of 235
- Population · PR
- 273
- Total EPA violations on record
- 18%
- 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
- 1,259
- County
- Villalba Municipio
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 40
- Monitoring Violations
- 203
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 10
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 40 | 2013 |
| Cryptosporidium | MR | 32 | 2019 |
| Turbidity | MR | 30 | 2019 |
| E. COLI | MR | 30 | 2019 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 5 | 1998 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 5 | 2009 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2022 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Benzene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Styrene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Public Notice | Other | 3 | 2019 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Toluene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 3 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Villalba Urbano has 273 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 18% of this system's own violations are health-based (50 of 273), and it ranks #9,847 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)
273 Higher than most more violations than 90% 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 Villalba Urbano
EPA SDWIS lists 3,362 people served and 1,259 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
273 violations · 3,362 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 Villalba Urbano
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