Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0045926

ERIE WWTF, Erie, CO: NPDES CO0045926 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
15Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

ERIE WWTF, held by Erie Town of, holds NPDES permit CO0045926, which discharges to Coal Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 28, 2002 and expiring January 31, 2008. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	ERIE WWTF
Permittee as filed	Erie Town of
NPDES ID	CO0045926
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 28, 2002
Expiration date	January 31, 2008
Address	Erie, CO 80516
Receiving water	COAL CREEK
Subwatershed	Lower Coal Creek (HUC 101900050604)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

22Pollutants on file
15Under a numeric limit
18With a violation of any kind
5With 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
Solids, total suspended	4	24	9	March 31, 2011	69% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	23	5	June 30, 2006	14% over the limit
pH	2	9	3	December 31, 2006
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	8	2	August 31, 2005	92% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	3	1	July 31, 2005	8% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	20	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	6	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	0	4	0
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity	0	4	0
E. coli	0	4	0
Nonylphenol	0	4	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	0	4	0
Oil and grease	1	3	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	3	0
Oil and grease visual	1	3	0
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]	0	2	0
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal	0	2	0
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	1	0
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	2	0	0
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	2	0	0
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	2	0	0
%Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas	2	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 CO0045926.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 15, 2026.