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PRASA 3

Judicial · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 6709

$550K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$20.00M
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
02-1998-0359
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-06475
Multimedia
Y
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

TWO FACILITIES, PULGUILLAS WATER TREATMENT PLANT (WTP) AND CARITE WTP ARE DISCHARGING FILTER BACKWASH WITHOUT A NPDES PERMIT. EIGHT OTHER WTPS OWNED BY DEFENDANT ARE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR NPDES PERMITS' EFFLUENT LIMITS. ON MARCH 31, 1999, 64 ADDITIONAL FACILITIES WERE ADDED AND CWA/309. TOTAL FACILITIES NOW 73. CD entered on 08/24/2010, EA# 02-2004-0012, supercedes prior CD, requiring PRASA to come into and remain in full compliance with the CWA, and the terms/conditions of its NPDES permit.

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