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Is Juana Díaz, PR tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Juana Díaz, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

None of the 3 utilities serving Juana Díaz has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records.

Experimental, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 22 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Experimental’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Juana Díaz

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Puerto Rico certifies.

The 3 labs Puerto Rico certifies closest to Juana Díaz, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

All 12 certified labs for Puerto Rico

ZIP codes in Juana Díaz

Which ZIP codes are in Juana Díaz: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Departamento de Salud, laboratorios y parámetros certificados (agua potable); distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Juana Díaz

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