Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0026875
PRASA BOQUERON-BETANCES WTP, Cabo Rojo, PR: NPDES PR0026875 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRASA BOQUERON-BETANCES WTP holds NPDES permit PR0026875, which discharges to Artificaial Lake At Plant'S Entrance. EPA’s file records it issued November 17, 2017 and expiring January 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 BOQUERON-BETANCES WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRASA BOQUERON-BETANCES WTP |
| NPDES ID | PR0026875 |
| 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 | November 17, 2017 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Address | Cabo Rojo, PR 00623 |
| Receiving water | Artificaial Lake at Plant's Entrance |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Western Valle de Lajas (HUC 210100040103) |
| 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
- 25Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 | 26 | 18 | March 31, 2025 | 5,220% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 24 | 17 | January 31, 2016 | 1,910% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 2 | 18 | 11 | November 30, 2018 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 17 | 10 | July 31, 2020 | 32% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 14 | 7 | August 31, 2025 | 160% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 2 | 17 | 6 | July 31, 2026 | 1,762% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 13 | 6 | September 30, 2013 | 2% over the limit |
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 13 | 6 | May 31, 2016 | 250% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 0 | 9 | 4 | October 31, 2016 | 650% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 10 | 2 | April 30, 2021 | |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 10 | 2 | July 31, 2026 | 135% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 9 | 2 | October 31, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 2 | October 31, 2013 | 245% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chromium III | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - P. promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - D. magna | 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 PR0026875.
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.