Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0024210
PRASA ARECIBO WTP, Arecibo, PR: NPDES PR0024210 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 20Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA ARECIBO WTP holds NPDES permit PR0024210, which discharges to Rio Tanana. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2015 and expiring January 31, 2021. 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 ARECIBO WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA ARECIBO WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0024210 |
| 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 | September 29, 2015 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2021 |
| Address | Arecibo, PR 00612 |
| Receiving water | RIO TANANA |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rio Hondo at mouth (HUC 210100050604) |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler PRD980533608 |
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
- 29Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 20With 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 | 144 | 118 | May 31, 2022 | 12,627% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 129 | 105 | February 28, 2014 | 4,038% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 3 | 98 | 76 | October 31, 2013 | |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 59 | 55 | September 30, 2006 | 63,900% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 78 | 45 | April 30, 2012 | 62,184% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 59 | 34 | February 28, 2014 | 9,900% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 50 | 21 | June 30, 2006 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 45 | 21 | July 31, 2026 | 154,700% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 41 | 16 | November 30, 2011 | 606% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 18 | 9 | April 30, 2013 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 35 | 7 | February 28, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 31 | 7 | September 30, 2010 | 211,540% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 3 | 8 | 5 | February 28, 2014 | 400% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 3 | 26 | 3 | October 31, 2006 | |
| pH | 2 | 48 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 14 | 2 | April 30, 2016 | 33,900% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 8 | 2 | May 31, 2006 | 682% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 11 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | 15% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | 1,900% over the limit |
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 6 | 1 | September 30, 2006 | 70% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - D. magna | 1 | 3 | 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 PR0024210.
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.