Garzas, 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.
Garzas at a glance
Garzas serves about 3,354 people through 1,256 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Adjuntas Municipio County, PR. EPA system ID: PR0004584; phone on file: 787-620-2277. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Adjuntas Municipio County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Adjuntas Urbano | 2,870 | - |
| Yahuecas | 2,665 | 6 ppb |
| Guilarte | 1,231 | - |
| Saltillo Vaca | 798 | - |
| Juan Gonzalez | 500 | 3 ppb |
| Acueducto Garzas Juncos | 460 | 3 ppb |
| Comunidad Juan Hernandez | 300 | 5 ppb |
| Pellejas | 295 | - |
| Asoc. Vec. Com. Helechales | 263 | - |
| Asociacion Acueducto Reventon | 212 | - |
Next steps for Adjuntas, PR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Adjuntas, 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 Garzas 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.