Acueducto Taita, PR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Acueducto Taita
Acueducto Taita serves about 80 people through 26 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Orocovis Municipio County, PR. EPA system ID: PR0455274; phone on file: 787-867-5106. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Acueducto Taita's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Acueducto Taita is 4 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 111 PR systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 5 ppb; 10 are over 15 ppb right now and 16 have gone over at some point. Acueducto Taita's 4 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in PR and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Orocovis Municipio County
16 other systems share Orocovis Municipio County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Acueducto Taita. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Orocovis Urbano | 16,992 | - |
| Matrulla | 2,280 | 6 ppb |
| Com. Sabana | 720 | - |
| Los Miranda Pellejas | 720 | 19 ppb |
| Acueducto Pellejas Inc. | 700 | - |
| Bauta Abajo, Inc. | 680 | 5 ppb |
| Com. Saltos Cabra | 500 | - |
| Comunidad Limones | 450 | 3 ppb |
| Asociacion Residentes Com. Gregorio, Inc | 293 | - |
| Corporacion Saltos Pelleja | 248 | 16 ppb |
Next steps for Orocovis, PR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Orocovis, PR may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Acueducto Taita whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.