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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG588086

SW MESA CO RURAL PUB IMP DIST WWTF, Mesa County, CO: NPDES COG588086 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SW MESA CO RURAL PUB IMP DIST WWTF, held by SW Mesa County Rural Public Improvement District, holds NPDES permit COG588086, which discharges to Dolores River. EPA’s file records it issued July 26, 2005 and expiring May 31, 2010. 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 filedSW MESA CO RURAL PUB IMP DIST WWTF
Permittee as filedSW Mesa County Rural Public Improvement District
NPDES IDCOG588086
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 26, 2005
Expiration dateMay 31, 2010
AddressMesa County, CO 81522
Receiving waterDOLORES RIVER
SubwatershedLumsden Canyon-Dolores River (HUC 140300040503)

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
BOD, 5-day, percent removal11814February 28, 2023147% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C65412July 31, 2018137% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant8348August 31, 2022564% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4177May 31, 2022116% over the limit
E. coli2157July 31, 2021142% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]6100
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity0100
pH480
Chlorine, total residual350
Oil and grease140
Oil and grease visual140
Solids, total dissolved430
Coliform, fecal general220

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
May 19, 2020Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 19, 2020Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorST6
May 19, 2020Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6

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.