Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0024155
PRASA UTUADO WTP, Utuado, PR: NPDES PR0024155 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 26Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA UTUADO WTP, held by PRASA WTP UTUADO, holds NPDES permit PR0024155, which discharges to Jordan Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 16, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. 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 UTUADO WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA WTP UTUADO |
| NPDES ID | PR0024155 |
| 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 | April 16, 2014 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2019 |
| Address | Utuado, PR 00761 |
| Receiving water | JORDAN CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Rio Tanama (HUC 210100020413) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 32Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 32With a violation of any kind
- 26With 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 | 157 | 131 | September 30, 2011 | 39,900% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 147 | 128 | December 31, 2014 | |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 145 | 122 | September 30, 2015 | 28,789% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 108 | 87 | November 30, 2022 | 41,900% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 84 | 71 | December 31, 2014 | 13,945% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 100 | 68 | March 31, 2010 | 94,567% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 73 | 51 | March 31, 2026 | 85,300% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 43 | 41 | August 31, 2001 | 13,900% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 48 | 23 | September 30, 2006 | 11,700% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 49 | 21 | October 31, 2007 | 100% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 29 | 16 | December 31, 2011 | 3,344% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 48 | 14 | October 31, 2003 | 2,560% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 39 | 12 | May 31, 2022 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 46 | 6 | February 29, 1996 | 15% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 30 | 6 | January 31, 2004 | 227% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 48 | 5 | November 30, 2005 | 120% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 39 | 5 | November 30, 1990 | 200% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 0 | 13 | 4 | November 30, 2002 | 1,960% over the limit |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 17 | 3 | February 28, 2007 | 28% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 57 | 1 | December 31, 2001 | |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 40 | 1 | February 28, 1999 | 117% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 0 | 33 | 1 | August 31, 2010 | 475% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 29 | 1 | August 31, 2005 | 683% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 28 | 1 | November 30, 2000 | 433% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 18 | 1 | May 31, 1999 | 353% over the limit |
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 2 | 3 | 1 | November 30, 2009 | 150% over the limit |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 3 | 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 PR0024155.
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.