Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026301
PRASA BARRIO NUEVO WTP, Bayamon, PR: NPDES PR0026301 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA BARRIO NUEVO WTP, held by PRASA - Barrio Nuevo WTP, holds NPDES permit PR0026301, which discharges to Rio Cuesta Arriba. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. 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 BARRIO NUEVO WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA - Barrio Nuevo WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0026301 |
| 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 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Address | Bayamon, PR 00956 |
| Receiving water | Rio Cuesta Arriba |
| Subwatershed | Rio Cuesta Arriba (HUC 210100050708) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 | 68 | 62 | October 31, 2022 | 1,818,082% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 39 | 33 | February 29, 2024 | 186,011% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 39 | 32 | February 28, 2026 | 2,091% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 34 | 28 | December 31, 2023 | 78% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 25 | 19 | July 31, 2012 | 404% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 19 | 12 | May 31, 2012 | |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 0 | 8 | 5 | December 31, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 13 | 4 | April 30, 2017 | 106,150% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 15 | 3 | December 31, 2019 | |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 10 | 2 | February 28, 2026 | 157% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 9 | 2 | December 31, 2019 | 360% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 8 | 2 | March 31, 2018 | |
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 2 | 7 | 1 | November 30, 2019 | 138% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 2 | 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 PR0026301.
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.