Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026395
PRASA MALPASO WTP, Penuelas, PR: NPDES PR0026395 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA MALPASO WTP holds NPDES permit PR0026395, which discharges to Mal Paso Creek. 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PRASA MALPASO WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA MALPASO WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0026395 |
| 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 | Penuelas, PR 00624 |
| Receiving water | Mal Paso Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rio Guayanes at mouth (HUC 210100040205) |
| 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
- 35Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 35With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 91 | 26 | March 31, 2026 | 300% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 70 | 6 | August 31, 2011 | 250% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 59 | 6 | July 31, 2010 | 511% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 69 | 4 | June 30, 2010 | 650% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 65 | 4 | May 31, 2023 | 4,500% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 68 | 3 | May 31, 2024 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 63 | 2 | January 31, 2009 | 21% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 67 | 1 | April 30, 2010 | 23% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 56 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | 23% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 122 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 0 | 105 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 105 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 0 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 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 PR0026395.
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.