Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0022896
PRASA AGUAS BUENAS WTP, Aguas Buenas, PR: NPDES PR0022896 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 19Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA AGUAS BUENAS WTP holds NPDES permit PR0022896, which discharges to Bairoa River. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2018 and expiring July 31, 2023. 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 AGUAS BUENAS WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA AGUAS BUENAS WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0022896 |
| 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 | June 28, 2018 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2023 |
| Address | Aguas Buenas, PR 00703 |
| Receiving water | BAIROA RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rio Bairoa (HUC 210100050405) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler PRN008009789 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 39Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 39With a violation of any kind
- 19With 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 | 116 | 92 | January 31, 2026 | 1,677% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 98 | 85 | February 28, 2015 | 4,417% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 82 | 59 | September 30, 2018 | 8,233% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 49 | 27 | January 31, 2026 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 52 | 20 | March 31, 2012 | 14,715% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 32 | 20 | September 30, 2003 | 484% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 33 | 19 | March 31, 2006 | 44,700% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 40 | 14 | January 31, 2026 | 300% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 28 | 13 | May 31, 2011 | 567% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 16 | 9 | April 30, 2008 | 10,300% over the limit |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 20 | 7 | May 31, 2026 | 32,100% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 13 | 6 | April 30, 2005 | 43% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 18 | 4 | October 31, 2004 | 112% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 16 | 4 | October 31, 1996 | 49,900% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 28 | 3 | December 31, 2017 | |
| pH | 2 | 50 | 1 | March 31, 1999 | |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 25 | 1 | May 31, 2015 | 1% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 25 | 1 | September 30, 2003 | 100% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free available | 0 | 3 | 1 | November 30, 2011 | 85% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, dissolved, [as S] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 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 PR0022896.
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.