Vega Baja Urbano, 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.
About Vega Baja Urbano
Vega Baja Urbano serves about 26,935 people through 10,088 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Vega Baja Municipio County, PR. EPA system ID: PR0002772; 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.
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Vega Baja Municipio County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Alturas | 6,325 | 6 ppb |
| Quebrada Arenas | 4,472 | 6 ppb |
| Almirante Norte | 4,285 | - |
| Pugnado | 3,591 | - |
| Almirante Sur | 2,830 | - |
| Ciudad Real | 1,818 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Vega Baja, 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 Vega Baja Urbano 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.