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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0035769

ALMA TOWN OF, Alma, CO: NPDES CO0035769 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ALMA TOWN OF, held by Alma Town of, holds NPDES permit CO0035769, which discharges to Middle Fork Of South Platte River. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2012 and expiring June 30, 2017. 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 filedALMA TOWN OF
Permittee as filedAlma Town of
NPDES IDCO0035769
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 31, 2012
Expiration dateJune 30, 2017
AddressAlma, CO 80420
Receiving waterMIDDLE FORK OF SOUTH PLATTE RIVER
SubwatershedBeaver Creek-Middle Fork South Platte River (HUC 101900010104)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C65229June 30, 2022220% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]243729August 31, 202366% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal13529September 30, 2023318% over the limit
E. coli273February 28, 202381% over the limit
pH2142November 30, 2010
Solids, total suspended2141October 31, 200127% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual271October 31, 2011129% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4190
Coliform, fecal general080
Oil and grease140
Oil and grease visual140
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 4, 2023Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
May 4, 2023Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 4, 2023Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6

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.