Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0022497
PRASA BARRANQUITAS WTP, Barranquitas, PR: NPDES PR0022497 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 21Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA BARRANQUITAS WTP holds NPDES permit PR0022497, which discharges to Torrecilla Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 17, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PRASA BARRANQUITAS WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA BARRANQUITAS WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0022497 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 17, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Address | Barranquitas, PR 00618 |
| Receiving water | TORRECILLA CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Rio Usabon (HUC 210100050704) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 21With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 170 | 157 | June 30, 2018 | 1,718% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 147 | 132 | November 30, 2013 | 5,709% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 100 | 94 | November 30, 2009 | 44,200% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 87 | 77 | November 30, 2009 | 12,120% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 83 | 72 | November 30, 2009 | 11,567% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 78 | 64 | July 31, 2010 | 24,900% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 73 | 58 | November 30, 2013 | 3,245% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 64 | 53 | July 31, 2026 | 72,300% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 40 | 25 | October 31, 2014 | |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 36 | 19 | March 31, 2018 | 630% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 0 | 16 | 8 | June 30, 2003 | 1,350% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 20 | 5 | September 30, 2022 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 20 | 5 | August 31, 2023 | 185% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 17 | 5 | July 31, 2004 | 11,669% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 19 | 3 | December 31, 2014 | 44% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 47 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | 456% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 35 | 1 | August 31, 1998 | |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 28 | 1 | March 31, 2005 | 1,000% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 18 | 1 | November 30, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 17 | 1 | September 30, 2014 | 2% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 7 | 1 | November 30, 2004 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Pentachlorophenol | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PR0022497.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.