Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026701
PRASA LARES NUEVA, Lares, PR: NPDES PR0026701 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA LARES NUEVA holds NPDES permit PR0026701, which discharges to Rio Grande De Arecibo. 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 LARES NUEVA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA LARES NUEVA |
| NPDES ID | PR0026701 |
| 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 | Lares, PR 00669 |
| Receiving water | Rio Grande de Arecibo |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 26Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 | 30 | 23 | January 31, 2018 | 4,181,718% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 22 | 13 | August 31, 2025 | |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 22 | 13 | August 31, 2025 | 592% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 19 | 10 | July 31, 2020 | 1,050% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 15 | 1 | May 31, 2022 | |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 10 | 1 | December 31, 2017 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 1 | November 30, 2016 | 133% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 8 | 1 | June 30, 2023 | 7% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 8 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | 9% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 0 | 4 | 1 | September 30, 2009 | 37,900% over the limit |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - D. magna | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 1 | 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 PR0026701.
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.