Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026026
PRASA-CULEBRA DESALINIZATION PLANT, Culebra Island, PR: NPDES PR0026026 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA-CULEBRA DESALINIZATION PLANT, held by PRASA-CULEBRA DESALINIZATION, holds NPDES permit PR0026026, which discharges to Ensenada Honda Bay. EPA’s file records it issued May 2, 2007 and expiring July 31, 2012. 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-CULEBRA DESALINIZATION PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA-CULEBRA DESALINIZATION |
| NPDES ID | PR0026026 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 2, 2007 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2012 |
| Address | Culebra Island, PR 00775 |
| Receiving water | ENSENADA HONDA BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Southern Culebra (HUC 210100060202) |
| 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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 24 | 11 | September 30, 2011 | 7,287% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 35 | 9 | July 31, 2011 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 19 | 5 | April 30, 2011 | 35% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 17 | 4 | April 30, 2001 | 2,445% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 4 | 2 | April 30, 2011 | 21% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 13 | 1 | April 30, 2011 | 11% over the limit |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2011 | 1% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 1 | 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 PR0026026.
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.