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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0048411

FAIRWAYS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, Niwot, CO: NPDES CO0048411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FAIRWAYS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, held by Fairways Metropolitan District, holds NPDES permit CO0048411, which discharges to Dry Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 27, 2014 and expiring September 30, 2019. 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 filedFAIRWAYS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
Permittee as filedFairways Metropolitan District
NPDES IDCO0048411
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 27, 2014
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2019
AddressNiwot, CO 80503
Receiving waterDry Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBoulder Reservoir (HUC 101900050704)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4184July 31, 201559% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6124December 31, 201888% over the limit
Solids, total suspended453December 31, 201813% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal111May 31, 201722% over the limit
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity280
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2600
Chlorine, total residual400
E. coli400
pH200
Oil and grease100
Oil and grease visual100

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
October 14, 2022Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6
October 14, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

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.