# PRASA & COMPANIA DE AGUAS DE PUERTO RICO (CAPR)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2002 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `8786`
- **Case Number:** 02-2002-3016
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $18K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CAGUAS RWWTP, VILLA DEL REY IV PS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

*******                                                             EPA FINDS THAT THE VILLA DEL REL IV PUMP STATION'S    (TRIBUTARY TO THE CAGUAS REGIONAL WWTP) FORCE MAIN IS        DISCHARGING RAW SEWAGE INTO A STORM SEWER (TRIBUTARY TO THE  GRANDE DE LOIZA RIVER) ON EVERY TIME THAT THE PUMPS OPERATE, AND THAT PRASA/CAPR IS NOT MAINTAINING THE SEWER NETWORK,    WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE CLOGGED AND IT INTERCONNECTED WITH   THE VILLA DEL REY IV PUMP STATION'S FORCE MAIN.  THIS        SITUATION RESULTS IN VILATIONS OF THE NPDES PERMIT ISSUED    TO THE CAGUAS REGIONAL WWTP.  THIS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) REQUIRES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PRASA/CAPR TO REPAIR THE       FORCE MAIN AND/OR TO MAKE REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS/UNCLOGGS TO   THE SEWER NETWORK TO STOP THE DISCHARGE OF RAW SEWAGE IN     ORDER TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NPDES      PERMIT.

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*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*