Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0022713
PRASA WTP TANAMA, Adjuntas, PR: NPDES PR0022713 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 17Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA WTP TANAMA holds NPDES permit PR0022713, which discharges to Tanama River. EPA’s file records it issued July 28, 2000 and expiring June 30, 2004. 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 WTP TANAMA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA WTP TANAMA |
| NPDES ID | PR0022713 |
| 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 | July 28, 2000 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2004 |
| Address | Adjuntas, PR 00601 |
| Receiving water | TANAMA RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Rio Tanama (HUC 210100020413) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 35Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 35With a violation of any kind
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 151 | 79 | February 28, 2013 | 1,680% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 121 | 73 | September 30, 2012 | 300% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 84 | 32 | October 31, 2007 | 2,633% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 0 | 80 | 32 | December 31, 2007 | |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 63 | 10 | March 31, 2009 | 1,567% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 59 | 10 | November 30, 2009 | 100% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 23 | 10 | November 30, 2006 | 984% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 63 | 9 | April 30, 2010 | 5,400% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 19 | 9 | September 30, 2006 | 2,100% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 66 | 6 | August 31, 2010 | 8,617% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 0 | 15 | 4 | October 31, 2001 | 900% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 11 | 4 | June 30, 2006 | 160% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 53 | 3 | June 30, 2004 | 64% over the limit |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 11 | 2 | September 30, 2002 | 3,268% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 0 | 49 | 1 | April 30, 2005 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 49 | 1 | February 29, 2004 | 70% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 49 | 1 | August 31, 2009 | 150% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 0 | 8 | 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 PR0022713.
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.