Yabucoa Urbano, PR
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11.6 ppb (monitoring period 2016-2016). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Yabucoa Urbano
Yabucoa Urbano serves about 14,728 people through 5,516 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 Yabucoa Municipio County, PR. EPA system ID: PR0005196; phone on file: 787-620-2277. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Yabucoa Urbano is 11.6 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 11.6 ppb over 10 |
Against other PR systems
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. Yabucoa Urbano's 11.6 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in PR and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Yabucoa Municipio County
12 other systems share Yabucoa Municipio County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Yabucoa Urbano. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| Acued. Rural Sect. El Veinte | 387 | - |
Next steps for Yabucoa, PR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Yabucoa, 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 Yabucoa 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.