Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0022616
PRASA ENRIQUE ORTEGA WTP, Toa Alta, PR: NPDES PR0022616 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 22Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA ENRIQUE ORTEGA WTP, held by PRASA Enrique Ortega WTP, holds NPDES permit PR0022616, which discharges to Pinas Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PRASA ENRIQUE ORTEGA WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA Enrique Ortega WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0022616 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Address | Toa Alta, PR 00953 |
| Receiving water | PINAS CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Rio de la Plata near mouth (HUC 210100050713) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 38Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 38With a violation of any kind
- 22With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 148 | 132 | July 31, 2012 | 833,233% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 136 | 122 | September 30, 2021 | 833,233% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 107 | 94 | February 28, 2023 | 1,363,536% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 3 | 97 | 84 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 96 | 83 | May 31, 2026 | 27,400% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 95 | 82 | July 31, 2011 | 2,438% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 66 | 63 | June 30, 2007 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 57 | 56 | June 30, 2007 | 34,100% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 67 | 54 | May 31, 2026 | 520% over the limit |
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 0 | 47 | 45 | June 30, 2007 | 84,606% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 14 | 12 | January 31, 2009 | 3,020% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 13 | 11 | July 31, 2010 | 965% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 12 | 11 | March 31, 2007 | 13,600% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 0 | 12 | 7 | October 31, 2009 | 99,900% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 0 | 9 | 5 | December 31, 2008 | 400% over the limit |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 17 | 4 | January 31, 2007 | 240% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 16 | 3 | August 31, 2019 | 13% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 15 | 2 | January 31, 2007 | |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 15 | 2 | July 31, 2026 | 9% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 6 | 2 | November 30, 2005 | 479% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 27 | 1 | April 30, 2021 | |
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2012 | 106% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - D. magna | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 1 | 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 PR0022616.
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 15, 2026.