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La Ceiba

On record as serving Aguada, Aguada Municipio, PR · Serves 120 people

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 43 monitoring/reporting issues for La Ceiba in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • PR0302043
  • AGUADA
  • PR
  • 120 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 00602
EPA system ID PR0302043

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
1
Unresolved
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
43

Key facts

  • La Ceiba draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Puerto Rico, August 2016.
  • Record on file since 1996, with 18 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
 110 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved 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
 May 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
 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
 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.
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 1, 2017 Active

Full record since 1996

EPA's records for La Ceiba go back to 1996. Before October 19, 2016 they list 18 health-based violations (18 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 87 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 10 16
2000s 7 45
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 26
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 4
2020s 1 39

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 2014, Archived.

Show all 18 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 2005 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2003 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2001 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2001 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2001 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 2001 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 2001 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1998 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1997 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1997 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1996 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1996 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1996 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 1996 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1996 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 1, 1996 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1996 Archived

Enforcement actions

Puerto Rico regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against La Ceiba between 1999 and 2016. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 12, 2016 Puerto Rico Compliance order (no penalty) 27 violations (1 health-based): Total Coliform
May 10, 2002 Puerto Rico Compliance order (no penalty) 61 violations (16 health-based): Total Coliform
Feb 19, 1999 Puerto Rico Compliance order (no penalty) 29 violations (10 health-based): Total Coliform

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.

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Where the water comes from

La Ceiba draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

La Ceiba 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 La Ceiba for a copy.

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

Testing your own water

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Puerto Rico.

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