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Cubuy-Marines

On record as serving Canóvanas, Canóvanas Municipio, PR · Serves 150 people

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 45 monitoring/reporting issues for Cubuy-Marines in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • PR0115011
  • CANOVANAS
  • PR
  • 150 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 00729
EPA system ID PR0115011

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
0
Unresolved
2
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
45

Key facts

  • Cubuy-Marines draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Puerto Rico, August 2010.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 15 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Active No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jan 1, 2007 Active
Enforcement action in place
 No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Sep 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Aug 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jun 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Feb 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Sep 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Aug 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jun 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Feb 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Feb 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Sep 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Aug 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Cubuy-Marines go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 15 health-based violations (1 resolved, 1 not resolved, 13 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 332 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 14 68
2000s 1 188
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 76
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 1 42

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began January 2007, Active.

Show all 15 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2007 Active
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1998 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 1998 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 1, 1998 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1994 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 1994 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1994 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 1993 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1993 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 1, 1993 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1992 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1992 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1992 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1992 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

Puerto Rico regulators and EPA took 5 formal enforcement actions against Cubuy-Marines and issued 12 boil water orders between 1990 and 2010, filed as 19 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2010.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 3, 2010 Puerto Rico Compliance order (no penalty) 126 violations: Total Coliform
Mar 15, 2010 Puerto Rico Boil water order 44 violations: Total Coliform
Mar 26, 2009 Puerto Rico Boil water order 29 violations: Total Coliform
Aug 14, 2008 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
Sep 24, 2002 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 187 violations (14 health-based): Total Coliform, Surface Water Treatment Rule
Aug 3, 1999 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 116 violations (14 health-based): Total Coliform, Surface Water Treatment Rule
Jan 10, 1995 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 69 violations (13 health-based): Total Coliform, Surface Water Treatment Rule
Mar 19, 1993 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Dec 29, 1992 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Sep 25, 1992 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Jul 21, 1992 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Mar 16, 1992 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Dec 15, 1990 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation
Oct 15, 1990 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation
Sep 14, 1990 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation
Aug 15, 1990 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation
Jul 16, 1990 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Surface Water Treatment Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Cubuy-Marines draws water from 1 surface water intake.

Annual water quality report

Cubuy-Marines must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Cubuy-Marines for a copy.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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