Brisas Del Torito 1 Inc., PR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2021). 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.
Brisas Del Torito 1 Inc. at a glance
Brisas Del Torito 1 Inc. serves about 166 people through 62 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Cayey Municipio County, PR. EPA system ID: PR0518145; phone on file: 787-466-8602. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Brisas Del Torito 1 Inc.'s lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brisas Del Torito 1 Inc. is 3 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
How Brisas Del Torito 1 Inc. compares
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. Brisas Del Torito 1 Inc.'s 3 ppb sits at the 11th percentile in PR and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Cayey Municipio County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Brisas Del Torito 1 Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Farallon | 39,388 | - |
| Cayey Urbano | 18,335 | - |
| Culebras | 2,069 | - |
| Vecinos Camino Luis Lebron Inc | 192 | - |
| Corporacion Acueducto Andalucia De Cayey | 115 | - |
| Asoc. Villa De Guavate | 63 | 5 ppb |
| Asoc. Pro Bienestar Bo. Farallon | 60 | - |
Next steps for Cayey, PR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cayey, 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 Brisas Del Torito 1 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.