Corporacion Saltos Pelleja, PR
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 16 ppb (monitoring period 2019-2019). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Corporacion Saltos Pelleja serves about 248 people through 93 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: PR0455314; phone on file: 787-867-3817. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Corporacion Saltos Pelleja is 16 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 16 ppb over 15 |
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. Corporacion Saltos Pelleja's 16 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in PR and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Orocovis Municipio County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Corporacion Saltos Pelleja. 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 | - |
| Com. Cacao - La Sapia | 240 | - |
Next steps for Orocovis, PR
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Corporacion Saltos Pelleja whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.