Community Water System · PWS PR0005587
Sabana Hoyos
Operator location Arecibo, Puerto Rico - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 306 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,344 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,344
- People served (this PWS)
- 306
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 50
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Sabana Hoyos standing, high SDWIS violation third
306 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 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,444 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Sabana Hoyos sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (306), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,344 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,444 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #120 of 235
- Population · PR
- 306
- Total EPA violations on record
- 16%
- 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
- 878
- County
- Vega Alta Municipio
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 50
- Monitoring Violations
- 245
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 48 | 2013 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2016 |
| Endrin | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| Chlordane | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2006 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 5 | 2007 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2022 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 2009 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Sabana Hoyos has 306 recorded EPA violations, 91% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 9% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (50 of 306), and it ranks #12,444 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)
306 Higher than most more violations than 91% 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 Sabana Hoyos
306 violations on record for PR0005587; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
306 violations · 2,344 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 Sabana Hoyos
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