Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0048858
KIT CARSON WWTF, Kit Carson, CO: NPDES CO0048858 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KIT CARSON WWTF, held by Kit Carson Town of, holds NPDES permit CO0048858, which discharges to Wild Horse Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2011 and expiring December 31, 2016. 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 | KIT CARSON WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Kit Carson Town of |
| NPDES ID | CO0048858 |
| 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 | November 30, 2011 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2016 |
| Address | Kit Carson, CO 80825 |
| Receiving water | Wild Horse Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Logie Lake-Wild Horse Creek (HUC 110200110506) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 27With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 0 | 26 | 8 | September 30, 2025 | 80% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 24 | 8 | September 30, 2025 | 2,365% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 21 | 6 | December 31, 2023 | 192% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 21 | 5 | August 31, 2025 | 433% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 71 | 2 | March 31, 2014 | 27% over the limit |
| Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 19 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 35% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 57 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Uranium, potentially dissolvd | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 & 228, dissolved | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 1 | 6 | 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
- 13Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| May 19, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| April 1, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| October 1, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| April 1, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Failed Toxicity Test | ST6 |
| April 1, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| January 22, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| January 22, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| January 22, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| January 22, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| January 22, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| July 1, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Failed Toxicity Test | ST6 |
| October 1, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Toxicity Requirements | 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.