Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026590
PRASA VILLALBA REGIONAL WTP, Villalba, PR: NPDES PR0026590 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA VILLALBA REGIONAL WTP, held by PRASA - Villalba WTP, holds NPDES permit PR0026590, which discharges to Unnamed Creek That Flows Into Lago Guayabal. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2015 and expiring January 31, 2021. 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 VILLALBA REGIONAL WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA - Villalba WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0026590 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 29, 2015 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2021 |
| Address | Villalba, PR 00766 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed Creek That Flows into Lago Guayabal |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| 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
- 21Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 27 | 14 | June 30, 2020 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 25 | 12 | October 31, 2025 | 440% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 20 | 8 | November 30, 2016 | 6,433% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 15 | 5 | September 30, 2023 | 656% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 14 | 2 | July 31, 2017 | 18% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 25 | 1 | November 30, 2009 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 15 | 1 | May 31, 2010 | 4,600% over the limit |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 7 | 1 | February 28, 2009 | 34% over the limit |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - D. magna | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 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 PR0026590.
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.