Public water system record

Copar

On record as serving Corozal, Corozal Municipio, PR · Serves 1,120 people

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Copar in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

PR0724087
COROZAL
PR
1,120 served

System profile

Source water Surface water

ZIP 00783

EPA system ID PR0724087

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Health-based violations, last 10 years: 1
Resolved: 0
Unresolved: 1
Any acute record: No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years: 4

Key facts

Copar draws water from 1 surface water intake.
Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, June 1994.
Record on file since 1992, with 16 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

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue	Start date	Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT	Oct 17, 2024	Active
Revised Total Coliform Rule Monitoring violation	Jul 1, 2022	Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule Monitoring violation	Jul 1, 2021	Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule Monitoring violation	Apr 1, 2021	Resolved

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Copar go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 16 health-based violations (1 resolved, 15 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 109 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in	Health-based	Monitoring and reporting
1990s	10	17
2000s	6	92
2020s	1	4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2009, Archived.

Show all 16 health-based violations before October 19, 2016

Contaminant	Start date	Status
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Sep 1, 2009	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Sep 1, 2008	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Jul 1, 2002	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Aug 1, 2001	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Sep 1, 2000	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Aug 1, 2000	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Mar 1, 1999	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Oct 1, 1998	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Aug 1, 1998	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Feb 1, 1998	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Jul 1, 1997	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Jun 1, 1996	Archived
Total Coliform Contaminant limit exceeded	Oct 1, 1995	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule Treatment technique failure	Jul 1, 1993	Archived
Total Coliform (acute) Contaminant limit exceeded	Dec 1, 1992	Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule Treatment technique failure	Jan 1, 1992	Resolved

Enforcement actions

Puerto Rico regulators and EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Copar and issued 2 boil water orders between 1990 and 1994. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 1994.

Date	By	Action	Violations covered
Jun 30, 1994	EPA	Compliance order (no penalty)	18 violations (3 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule, Total Coliform
Jan 1, 1993	Puerto Rico	Boil water order	1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Sep 14, 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.

Where the water comes from

Copar draws water from 1 surface water intake.

Annual water quality report

Copar 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.

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