Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0048854
FRUITA WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Fruita, CO: NPDES CO0048854 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FRUITA WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, held by Fruita City of, holds NPDES permit CO0048854, which discharges to Colorado River. EPA’s file records it issued December 9, 2011 and expiring January 31, 2017. 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 | FRUITA WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Fruita City of |
| NPDES ID | CO0048854 |
| 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 9, 2011 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2017 |
| Address | Fruita, CO 81521 |
| Receiving water | Colorado River |
| Subwatershed | Devils Canyon-Colorado River (HUC 140100051615) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 4 | 3 | September 30, 2024 | 84% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 24 | 3 | 3 | April 30, 2013 | 44% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2013 | 1,198% over the limit |
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2022 | 335% over the limit |
| Silver, potentially dissolved | 2 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2022 | 900% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nonylphenol | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total As N | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, potentially dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 18, 2018 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| July 1, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Failed Toxicity Test | ST6 |
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.