Bo.Quebrada Arriba, PR
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Bo.Quebrada Arriba
Bo.Quebrada Arriba serves about 474 people through 158 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Patillas Municipio County, PR. EPA system ID: PR0556035; phone on file: 787-839-7028. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Patillas Municipio County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Patillas Urbano | 32,222 | - |
| Jacaboas | 2,678 | - |
| Asociacion Acueducto Mulas Jagual, Inc. | 652 | - |
| Bo.Real | 600 | - |
| Apeadero | 320 | - |
| Mamey | 255 | - |
| Los Barros Marin | 85 | - |
| Acueducto Machuchal | 84 | - |
| Bo. Jacaboa- Higuero | 70 | - |
| Marin Sector Betancourt | 53 | 4 ppb |
Next steps for Patillas, PR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Patillas, 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 Bo.Quebrada Arriba 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.