Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026450
PRASA LARES WTP, Lares, PR: NPDES PR0026450 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA LARES WTP, held by PRASA Lares WTP, holds NPDES permit PR0026450, which discharges to Unnamed Creek Tributary To Guajataca River. 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 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PRASA LARES WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA Lares WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0026450 |
| 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 | Lares, PR 00669 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed Creek Tributary to Guajataca River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rio Guajataca at Lago Guajataca Dam (HUC 210100020503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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] | 2 | 63 | 51 | December 31, 2018 | 9,543% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 56 | 47 | December 31, 2019 | 2,355% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 56 | 45 | January 31, 2016 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 46 | 36 | January 31, 2016 | 1,070% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 17 | 7 | September 30, 2019 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 16 | 6 | July 31, 2012 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 16 | 6 | September 30, 2019 | 120% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 10 | 5 | May 31, 2010 | 131% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 23 | 3 | June 30, 2020 | |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 2 | 33 | 2 | August 31, 2013 | 400% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 13 | 2 | February 28, 2026 | 130% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 12 | 2 | January 31, 2008 | 179,708% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 9 | 2 | August 31, 2013 | 700% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 13 | 1 | April 30, 2019 | 41% over the limit |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 0 | 12 | 1 | January 31, 2008 | 244% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 11 | 1 | April 30, 2007 | 670% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 2 | 0 | 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 PR0026450.
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.