Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0024104
PRASA WTP VEGA BAJA, Vega Baja, PR: NPDES PR0024104 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 19Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA WTP VEGA BAJA holds NPDES permit PR0024104, which discharges to Rio Indios River. EPA’s file records it issued May 23, 2007 and expiring July 31, 2012. 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 WTP VEGA BAJA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA WTP VEGA BAJA |
| NPDES ID | PR0024104 |
| 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 | May 23, 2007 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2012 |
| Address | Vega Baja, PR 00763 |
| Receiving water | RIO INDIOS RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Rio Indio (HUC 210100020105) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 43Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 43With a violation of any kind
- 19With 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 | 2 | 106 | 88 | February 28, 2018 | 908,991% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 66 | 47 | May 31, 2018 | 4,770% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 54 | 44 | June 30, 2007 | 72,314% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 47 | 34 | July 31, 2016 | 26,011% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 17 | June 30, 2007 | 8,400% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 26 | 11 | February 28, 2007 | 6,900% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 30 | 10 | February 28, 2010 | 95,006% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 28 | 7 | January 31, 2017 | 502,400% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 26 | 5 | May 31, 2018 | 76% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 23 | 5 | July 31, 2010 | 50,285% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 21 | 5 | January 31, 2008 | 305% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 24 | 4 | July 31, 2018 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 24 | 4 | September 30, 2016 | 100% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 35 | 3 | July 31, 2007 | 170% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 13 | 3 | June 30, 2005 | 154% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 1 | 22 | 2 | May 31, 2018 | |
| pH | 2 | 41 | 1 | August 31, 2014 | |
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 3 | 14 | 1 | November 30, 2009 | 99,900% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 0 | 11 | 1 | April 30, 2005 | 2,050% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - D. magna | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2017 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | EP6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not 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.