Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0022969
MORRISON CREEK METRO WWTF, Oak Creek, CO: NPDES CO0022969 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MORRISON CREEK METRO WWTF, held by Morrison Creek Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District, holds NPDES permit CO0022969, which discharges to Stagecoach Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2008 and expiring July 31, 2013. 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 | MORRISON CREEK METRO WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Morrison Creek Metropolitan Water and Sanitation District |
| NPDES ID | CO0022969 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 30, 2008 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2013 |
| Address | Oak Creek, CO 80467 |
| Receiving water | STAGECOACH RESERVOIR |
| Subwatershed | Morrison Creek-Yampa River (HUC 140500010111) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 13 | 5 | July 31, 2012 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 10 | 4 | April 30, 2008 | 539% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 60 | 13 | 3 | May 31, 2008 | 61% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 11 | 3 | April 30, 2008 | 67% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 8 | 2 | September 30, 2008 | 241% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 7 | 2 | September 30, 2012 | 5% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 2 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 11, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| December 31, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
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.