Tejas Trinida, PR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Tejas Trinida at a glance
Tejas Trinida serves about 374 people through 140 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 Yabucoa Municipio County, PR. EPA system ID: PR0005536; phone on file: 787-620-2277. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tejas Trinida is 6 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 ppb |
| 2023 | 6 ppb |
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. Tejas Trinida's 6 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in PR and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Yabucoa Municipio County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tejas Trinida. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Yabucoa Urbano | 14,728 | 11.6 ppb |
| La Grua | 3,578 | - |
| Acueducto Rural De Tejas De Yabucoa, Inc | 1,735 | - |
| Acued. Bo. Guayabota | 1,608 | - |
| Calabazas Arriba, Incorporado | 1,068 | - |
| Guayabota | 1,036 | - |
| Comunidad Jacanas Sur Inc. | 668 | 3 ppb |
| Acued. Rural Jacanas Piedras Blancas I | 649 | - |
| Acued. Sodoma | 587 | 3 ppb |
| Acued. Rural Jacanas Piedras Blancas Inc | 446 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Santurce, 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 Tejas Trinida 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.