Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0020532
FOUNTAIN SANITATION DISTRICT WWTF, Fountain, CO: NPDES CO0020532 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOUNTAIN SANITATION DISTRICT WWTF, held by Fountain Sanitation District, holds NPDES permit CO0020532, which discharges to Fountain Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2011 and expiring September 30, 2016. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FOUNTAIN SANITATION DISTRICT WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Fountain Sanitation District |
| NPDES ID | CO0020532 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 31, 2011 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2016 |
| Address | Fountain, CO 80817 |
| Receiving water | FOUNTAIN CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Cheyenne Mountain (HUC 110200030305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2005 | 25% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, potentially dissolved | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nonylphenol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 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 CO0020532.
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 14, 2026.