Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026824
PRASA LA PICA WTP, Jayuya, PR: NPDES PR0026824 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA LA PICA WTP, held by PRASA La Pica WTP, holds NPDES permit PR0026824, which discharges to Unnamed Creek Tributary To The San Patrico River. EPA’s file records it issued April 7, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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 LA PICA WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA La Pica WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0026824 |
| 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 7, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Address | Jayuya, PR 00664 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed Creek Tributary to The San Patrico River |
| Subwatershed | Rio Cerrillos at Lago Cerrillos Dam (HUC 210100040305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 | 22 | 14 | July 31, 2012 | 1,210% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 14 | 6 | November 30, 2011 | 310% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 13 | 5 | June 30, 2023 | 324% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 13 | 5 | May 31, 2012 | 82% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 12 | 4 | July 31, 2012 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 12 | 4 | July 31, 2012 | 103% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 11 | 3 | February 28, 2014 | 93% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2017 | 360% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 3 | 2 | July 31, 2015 | 13,169% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 9 | 1 | May 31, 2012 | 605% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 9 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 171% over the limit |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PR0026824.
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.