Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026018
PRASA-SAN SALVADOR WTP, Caguas, PR: NPDES PR0026018 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 17Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA-SAN SALVADOR WTP, held by PRASA WTP SAN SALVADOR, holds NPDES permit PR0026018, which discharges to Morena Creeck. EPA’s file records it issued July 12, 2005 and expiring August 31, 2010. 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-SAN SALVADOR WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA WTP SAN SALVADOR |
| NPDES ID | PR0026018 |
| 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 | July 12, 2005 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2010 |
| Address | Caguas, PR 00725 |
| Receiving water | MORENA CREECK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rio Turabo (HUC 210100050403) |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 30With a violation of any kind
- 17With 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 | 119 | 66 | July 31, 2009 | 12,600% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 98 | 45 | March 31, 2008 | 3,371% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 27 | 24 | January 31, 2010 | 52,178% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 76 | 17 | March 31, 2012 | 2,482% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 70 | 14 | December 31, 2007 | 23,900% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 11 | August 31, 2000 | 1,700% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 15 | 10 | September 30, 2000 | 1,567% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 60 | 7 | May 31, 2012 | 2,543% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 1 | 60 | 6 | March 31, 2012 | |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 2 | 9 | 6 | September 30, 2000 | 6,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 59 | 5 | May 31, 2007 | 84% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 58 | 3 | August 31, 2013 | 279% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 6 | 3 | January 31, 2011 | 15,285% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2000 | 7,432% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 56 | 2 | June 30, 2005 | |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 0 | 17 | 2 | January 31, 2005 | 16% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 110 | 1 | October 31, 2007 | |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 2 | 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 PR0026018.
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.