Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026832
PRASA ESPINO WTP, San Lorenzo, PR: NPDES PR0026832 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA ESPINO WTP, held by PRASA Espino WTP, holds NPDES permit PR0026832, which discharges to Unnamed Creek Tributary To Emajagua 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 ESPINO WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA Espino WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0026832 |
| 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 | San Lorenzo, PR 00754 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed Creek Tributary to Emajagua River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rio Turabo (HUC 210100050403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 1 | 18 | 9 | May 31, 2026 | |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 17 | 8 | January 31, 2026 | 66,523% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 14 | 6 | August 31, 2017 | 300% over the limit |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 4 | 2 | July 31, 2010 | 1,356% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 3 | 2 | February 28, 2010 | 622% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 17 | 1 | October 31, 2009 | |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 6 | 1 | November 30, 2009 | 100% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 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 PR0026832.
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 15, 2026.