Community Water System · PWS PR0364013
Periche
Operator location San German, Puerto Rico - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 830 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,100 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,100
- People served (this PWS)
- 830
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 176
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Periche standing, high SDWIS violation third
830 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 21% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #18,646 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Periche sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (830), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,100 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 21% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,646 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #156 of 235
- Population · PR
- 830
- Total EPA violations on record
- 21%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 410
- County
- San German Municipio
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 163
- Monitoring Violations
- 580
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 13
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 473 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 162 | 2014 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 103 | 2005 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 9 | 2007 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2020 |
| Public Notice | Other | 3 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 2 | 2017 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MCL | 1 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2023 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Periche has 830 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 21% of this system's own violations are health-based (176 of 830), and it ranks #18,646 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)
830 Higher than most more violations than 98% 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 Periche
830 violations on record for PR0364013; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
830 violations · 1,100 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 Periche
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
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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.