Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0048160
FOREST LAKES METRO DISTRICT, La Plata County, CO: NPDES CO0048160 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOREST LAKES METRO DISTRICT, held by Forest Lake Metro Dist, holds NPDES permit CO0048160, which discharges to Los Pinos River. EPA’s file records it issued September 23, 2009 and expiring October 31, 2014. 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 | FOREST LAKES METRO DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Forest Lake Metro Dist |
| NPDES ID | CO0048160 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 23, 2009 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2014 |
| Address | La Plata County, CO 81122 |
| Receiving water | Los Pinos River |
| Subwatershed | Texas Creek-Los Pinos River (HUC 140801011403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 18 | 14 | March 31, 2026 | 334% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2012 | |
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 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 CO0048160.
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 15, 2026.