Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026441
PRASA FRONTON WTP, Ciales, PR: NPDES PR0026441 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA FRONTON WTP, held by PRASA - Fronton WTP, holds NPDES permit PR0026441, which discharges to Intermittent Unnamed Creek Tributary To Yunes Rive. EPA’s file records it issued April 7, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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 FRONTON WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA - Fronton WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0026441 |
| 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 | April 7, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Address | Ciales, PR 00638 |
| Receiving water | Intermittent Unnamed Creek Tributary to Yunes Rive |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rio Yunes (HUC 210100020409) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 2 | 16 | 7 | June 30, 2026 | 700% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 13 | 7 | May 31, 2026 | |
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 13 | 7 | December 31, 2024 | 73% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 15 | 3 | August 31, 2023 | |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 12 | 3 | May 31, 2026 | 3,043% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 8 | 2 | February 28, 2021 | |
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 10 | 1 | April 30, 2024 | 22% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 7 | 1 | March 31, 2019 | 82% over the limit |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 6 | 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 PR0026441.
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.