# PRASA II (PR AQUED & SWR)
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1847`
- **Case Number:** 02-1982-0036
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** $100K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PUERTO RICO AQUEDUCT & SEWER AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                             THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION UNDER SEC 301 & 309 OF THE CWA   33 USC SEC 1311 & 1319, AGAINST THE PUERTO RICO AQUEDUCT &   SEWER AUTHORITY (PRASA). PRASA IS A PUBLIC CORP OF THE COM-  MONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF P.R.   TITLE 22, CHAPTER 9, SEC 142 ET SEQ,FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRO-  VIDING SEWER SERVICE TO THE INHABITANTS OF P.R.  PRASA OWNS  AND OPERATES APPROX 110 WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES      THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH OF P.R.  THIS ACTION IS DIRECTED AT VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA AT 16 OF THOSE FACILITIES.            CAUSE OF ACTION:                                                ALL OF THE 16 FACILITIES INVOLVED IN THIS ACTION DIS-   CHARGE TREATED MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER WHICH VIOLATES SECONDARY TREATMENT EFFLUENT REQUIREMENTS INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS.       ELEVEN OF THE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED NPDES PERMITS AND  ARE DISCHARGING IN VIOL OF THE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN THE  RESPECTIVE PERMITS. 5 OF THE FACILITIES ARE DISCHARGING      W/O PERMITS IN VIOL OF THE ACT. GENERALIZING ACROSS THE VIO- LATIONS INVOLVED AT ALL THE 16 FACILITIES, THE PREDOMINANT   PROBLEM IS POOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.  EQUIPMENT IS IN  DISREPAIR OR OUT OF SERVICE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME,    PREVENTING THE FACILITIES FROM ADEQUATELY TREATING WASTES TO COMPLY W/ THE ACT.  SLUDGE AND SCREENED MATERIALS ARE NOT    PROPERLY REMOVED FROM PLANT SYSTEMS OR PROPERLY DISPOSED OF. OPERATING STAFFS ARE NOT ADEQUATE IN N

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