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Community Water System · PWS PR0677076

Acued. Bo. Guayabota

Operator location Yabucoa, Puerto Rico - 48% of 810 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,608 served per SDWIS.

1,608
People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
810
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
388
Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Acued. Bo. Guayabota standing, high SDWIS violation third

48% of 810 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 48% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #15,293 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Acued. Bo. Guayabota sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (810), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,608 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 48% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#15,293 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#135 of 235
Population · PR
810
Total EPA violations on record
48%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

F
Water Safety Score
0/100
Acued. Bo. Guayabota

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F
388
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
422
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
600
County
Yabucoa Municipio
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
374
Monitoring Violations
325
Treatment Tech Violations
14

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 372 2016
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 209 2005
Coliform (TCR) MR 115 2013
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 12 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 MR 1 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 1 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Acued. Bo. Guayabota has 810 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 48% of this system's own violations are health-based (388 of 810), and it ranks #15,293 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)

810 Higher than most more violations than 98% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Acued. Bo. Guayabota plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 02004006008001,000 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Acued. Bo. Guayabota-810, 48%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Acued. Bo. Guayabota

388 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PR0677076.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

810 violations · 1,608 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Acued. Bo. Guayabota

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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