Bauta Abajo, Inc., PR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 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 Bauta Abajo, Inc.
Bauta Abajo, Inc. serves about 680 people through 254 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Orocovis Municipio County, PR. EPA system ID: PR0455054; phone on file: 787-867-5771. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Bauta Abajo, Inc.'s lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bauta Abajo, Inc. is 5 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 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. Bauta Abajo, Inc.'s 5 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in PR and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Orocovis Municipio County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bauta Abajo, Inc.. 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 | - |
| Com. Saltos Cabra | 500 | - |
| Comunidad Limones | 450 | 3 ppb |
| Asociacion Residentes Com. Gregorio, Inc | 293 | - |
| Corporacion Saltos Pelleja | 248 | 16 ppb |
| Com. Cacao - La Sapia | 240 | - |
What to do in your house
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 Bauta Abajo, Inc. 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.