Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0048429
EDITH WOLFORD ELEM SCHOOL WWTF, Black Forest, CO: NPDES CO0048429 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EDITH WOLFORD ELEM SCHOOL WWTF, held by Academy School Dist 20, holds NPDES permit CO0048429, which discharges to Kettle Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2010 and expiring March 31, 2015. 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 | EDITH WOLFORD ELEM SCHOOL WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Academy School Dist 20 |
| NPDES ID | CO0048429 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 25, 2010 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2015 |
| Address | Black Forest, CO 80908 |
| Receiving water | Kettle Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Williams Creek (HUC 110200030104) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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] | 0 | 25 | 11 | January 31, 2024 | 330% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 29 | 7 | August 31, 2016 | 203% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 9 | 7 | September 30, 2014 | 1,821% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 20 | 6 | April 30, 2022 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 13 | 6 | April 30, 2020 | 753% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 11 | 5 | January 31, 2024 | 1,013% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 34 | 4 | August 31, 2016 | 90% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 16 | 2 | September 30, 2011 | 17% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 10 | 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 CO0048429.
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.