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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0047091

WOODMEN HILLS METRO DIST WWTF, El Paso County, CO: NPDES CO0047091 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WOODMEN HILLS METRO DIST WWTF, held by Woodmen Hills Metropolitan District, holds NPDES permit CO0047091, which discharges to Black Squirrel Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 20, 2006 and expiring May 31, 2011. 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 filedWOODMEN HILLS METRO DIST WWTF
Permittee as filedWoodmen Hills Metropolitan District
NPDES IDCO0047091
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 20, 2006
Expiration dateMay 31, 2011
AddressEl Paso County, CO 80831
Receiving waterBLACK SQUIRREL CREEK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedFalcon (HUC 110200040203)

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. C814794April 30, 2019427% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal22719April 30, 2019561% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]263115May 31, 20191,112% over the limit
Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia01212March 31, 201976% over the limit
Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas01010December 31, 201850% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6417June 30, 2011144% over the limit
Nitrogen, inorganic total077May 31, 2019509% over the limit
Mercury, total low level044April 30, 2018100% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual3102September 30, 201320% over the limit
Zinc, potentially dissolved2102January 31, 20201% over the limit
Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable162October 31, 201780% over the limit
E. coli022May 31, 2018254% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general4181December 31, 200732% over the limit
pH4171August 31, 2008
Copper, potentially dissolved291June 30, 20185% over the limit
E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC211March 31, 201127% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6350
Mercury, total [as Hg]4100
Silver, potentially dissolved2100
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]280
Cadmium, potentially dissolvd280
Chromium, trivalent, potentially dissolvd280
Lead, potentially dissolvd280
Manganese, potentially dissolvd280
Nickel, potentially dissolvd280
Selenium, potentially dissolvd280
Oil and grease280
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia280
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]280
Oil and grease visual280
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia280
%Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas280
Arsenic, total [as As]340
Iron, total recoverable140
Arsenic, total recoverable010
Molybdenum, total recoverable010
Solids, total dissolved010
Cyanide, total [as CN]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Molybdenum, total [as Mo]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Silver, total [as Ag]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Selenium, total [as Se]200
Phenols200

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
June 3, 2026Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
January 1, 2019Effluent Violations - Failed Toxicity TestST6
October 1, 2018Effluent Violations - Failed Toxicity TestST6
July 1, 2018Effluent Violations - Failed Toxicity TestST6
January 1, 2017Effluent Violations - Failed Toxicity TestST6

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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