Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0022705
PRASA OROCOVIS WTP, Orocovis, PR: NPDES PR0022705 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 18Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA OROCOVIS WTP, held by PRASA Orocovis WTP, holds NPDES permit PR0022705, which discharges to Orocovis River. EPA’s file records it issued November 17, 2017 and expiring January 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PRASA OROCOVIS WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA Orocovis WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0022705 |
| 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 | November 17, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Address | Orocovis, PR 00720 |
| Receiving water | OROCOVIS RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rio Orocovis (HUC 210100020202) |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler PRR000020669 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 18With 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 | 103 | 85 | April 30, 2018 | 25,900% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 106 | 84 | May 31, 2016 | 14,233% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 109 | 76 | November 30, 2011 | 3,400% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 74 | 53 | October 31, 2012 | 2,246% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 58 | 41 | December 31, 2025 | 2,502% over the limit |
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 39 | 34 | November 30, 2009 | 3,520% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 44 | 27 | February 28, 2026 | |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 25 | 18 | December 31, 2009 | 12,300% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 34 | 15 | January 31, 2012 | 117,900% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 28 | 10 | October 31, 2018 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 24 | 9 | April 30, 2008 | 610% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 15 | 9 | December 31, 2009 | 11,567% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 16 | 5 | February 29, 2012 | 472% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 22 | 4 | June 30, 2013 | 100% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 21 | 2 | June 30, 2019 | 8% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 15 | 2 | December 31, 2009 | 31,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 38 | 1 | December 31, 1998 | |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 6 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 16% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - D. magna | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 0 | 1 | 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 PR0022705.
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 October 14, 2026.