Community Water System · PWS PR0644076
Lijas
Operator location Las Piedras, Puerto Rico - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 534 people served; 586 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 534
- People served (this PWS)
- 586
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 92
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Lijas standing, high SDWIS violation third
534 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #27,853 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Lijas sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (586), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (534; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #27,853 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #223 of 235
- Population · PR
- 586
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 200
- County
- Las Piedras Municipio
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 88
- Monitoring Violations
- 461
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 277 | 2016 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 135 | 2005 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 86 | 2015 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 48 | 2025 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 2 | 2007 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MCL | 2 | 2017 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2017 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2023 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Lijas has 586 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (92 of 586), and it ranks #27,853 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)
586 Higher than most more violations than 97% 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 Lijas
EPA SDWIS lists 534 people served and 200 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
586 violations · 534 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 smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Lijas
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.