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Anon Carmelita

On record as serving Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR · Serves 900 people

Federal records show 11 health-based violations and 52 monitoring/reporting issues for Anon Carmelita in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • PR0458194
  • PONCE
  • PR
  • 900 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 00731
EPA system ID PR0458194

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
11
Resolved
2
Unresolved
2
Archived by EPA
7
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
52

Key facts

  • Anon Carmelita draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Puerto Rico, January 2015.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 108 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
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 Jan 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 Aug 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 Jul 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 May 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 Apr 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 Feb 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Contaminant limit exceeded
 110 Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 Yes
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
 110 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jan 1, 2007 Active
Enforcement action in place
 No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jan 1, 1992 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
 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.
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.
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Active
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
 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
 Mar 10, 2018 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 1, 2017 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 1, 2017 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 1, 2017 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 1, 2017 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 1, 2017 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 1, 2016 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 1, 2016 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 1, 2016 Active

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Anon Carmelita go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 108 health-based violations (2 resolved, 1 not resolved, 105 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 234 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 63 26
2000s 7 170
2010 to October 18, 2016 38 38
October 19, 2016 to 2019 7 10
2020s 1 39

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Revised Total Coliform Rule (acute), began June 2016, Archived.

Show all 108 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2016 Archived
Revised Total Coliform Rule (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2016 Archived
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 2016 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 1, 2016 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2016 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 2015 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2015 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2015 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2015 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2015 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2015 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 2015 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 1, 2015 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2015 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2014 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 2013 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2013 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2013 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2013 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2013 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 2011 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2011 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2011 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2011 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2011 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2011 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2011 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 2011 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2007 Active
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2001 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 2001 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2001 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2000 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2000 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 1, 2000 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1999 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1999 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 1, 1999 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1998 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1998 Archived

58 older violations are not listed here. EPA ECHO has the complete list.

Enforcement actions

Puerto Rico regulators and EPA took 4 formal enforcement actions against Anon Carmelita and issued 6 boil water orders between 1992 and 2015, filed as 12 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2015.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 27, 2015 Puerto Rico Compliance order (no penalty) 74 violations (38 health-based): Total Coliform
Sep 24, 2010 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 9 violations (9 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Coliform
Mar 23, 2010 Puerto Rico Boil water order 42 violations: Total Coliform
Sep 10, 2009 Puerto Rico Boil water order 33 violations: Total Coliform
Mar 30, 2009 Puerto Rico Boil water order 30 violations: Total Coliform
Aug 8, 2005 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 231 violations (70 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Coliform
Jun 30, 1994 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 74 violations (57 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Coliform
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
Nov 20, 1992 Puerto Rico Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

8 incidents

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

Surface Water Treatment Rule

2 incidents

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 each of these violations.

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.

Where the water comes from

Anon Carmelita draws water from 1 surface water intake.

Annual water quality report

Anon Carmelita 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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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