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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026603

PRASA UTUADO NEW WWTP, Utuado, PR: NPDES PR0026603 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PRASA UTUADO NEW WWTP, held by PRASA - Utuado WWTP, holds NPDES permit PR0026603, which discharges to Rio Grande De Arecibo. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2014 and expiring November 30, 2019. 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 filedPRASA UTUADO NEW WWTP
Permittee as filedPRASA - Utuado WWTP
NPDES IDPR0026603
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 29, 2014
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2019
AddressUtuado, PR 00641
Receiving waterRio Grande De Arecibo
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedRio Grande de Arecibo at Lago Dos Bocas Dam (HUC 210100020412)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended6299199April 30, 202699,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6260161August 31, 20251,680% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general15543January 31, 202099,999% over the limit
Arsenic, total [as As]04741October 31, 201431,567% over the limit
Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit14937January 31, 2020400% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal14936July 31, 2026813% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]23624April 30, 2026913% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal12613September 30, 2020147% over the limit
Color [PT-CO units]22413September 30, 2015
Surfactants [MBAS]21712February 29, 2024178% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual1238June 30, 20211,700% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]2197September 30, 201580% over the limit
Turbidity1176May 31, 2020
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1165October 31, 202470% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]1154November 30, 2024127% over the limit
Sulfide, total [as S]0183June 30, 201433,900% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]1153August 31, 2023252% over the limit
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]1143September 30, 200985% over the limit
Coliform, total general293September 30, 2013248% over the limit
Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated]233May 31, 2024205% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3]182December 31, 201825% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C072April 30, 201488% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3281July 31, 2011267% over the limit
Cadmium, total [as Cd]1131September 30, 201536% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade1121July 31, 20090% over the limit
Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters061November 30, 201325% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved141May 31, 20166% over the limit
pH2220
Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day0210
Solids, settleable1110
Oil & Grease1110
Cyanide, free available270
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol070
2-Chlorophenol060
2,4-Dichlorophenol060
2,4-Dimethylphenol060
2,4-Dinitrophenol060
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol060
Phenol060
Pentachlorophenol060
Fluoride, total [as F]050
Enterococci020
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas110
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - D. magna110
Nitrogen, total [as N]010

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 12, 2025PR: Failure to submit noncompliance report - CSO, SSO, or Bypass [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6) & (m)(3)(ii)]EP6
September 6, 2025Wet-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangermentEP6
September 2, 2025Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentEP6

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.

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