Waterbody segment | From | To | Designated use |
Coastal Waters | 500m offshore | 3 miles offshore | Primary Contact Recreation. |
Guayanilla & Tallaboa Bays | Cayo Parguera | Punta Verraco | Primary Contact Recreation. |
Mayaguez Bay | Punta Guanajibo | Punta Algarrobo | Primary Contact Recreation. |
Ponce Port | Punta Carenero | Punta Cuchara | Primary Contact Recreation. |
San Juan Port | mouth of Rio Bayamon | Punta El Morro | Primary Contact Recreation. |
Yabucoa Port | Punta Icacos | Punta Yeguas | Primary Contact Recreation. |
Bacteria: The fecal coliform geometric mean of a series of representative samples (at least five samples) of the waters taken sequentially shall not exceed 200 colonies/100 ml, and not more than 20 percent of the samples shall exceed 400 colonies/100 ml. The enterococci density in terms of geometric mean of at least five representative samples taken sequentially shall not exceed 35/100 ml. No single sample should exceed the upper confidence limit of 75% using 0.7 as the log standard deviation until sufficient site data exist to establish a site-specific log standard deviation.
40 C.F.R. §131.40