Monte Del Estado, 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.
Who runs the water here
Monte Del Estado serves about 708 people through 265 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Maricao Municipio County, PR. EPA system ID: PR0003523; phone on file: 787-620-2277. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Maricao Municipio County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Maricao | 3,455 | - |
| Indiera Alta | 603 | - |
Next steps for Maricao, PR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Maricao, 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 Monte Del Estado 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.