Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG589033
BYERS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, Byers, CO: NPDES COG589033 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BYERS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, held by Byers Water and Sanitation District, holds NPDES permit COG589033, which discharges to West Bijou Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2005 and expiring October 31, 2010. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BYERS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Byers Water and Sanitation District |
| NPDES ID | COG589033 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 1, 2005 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2010 |
| Address | Byers, CO 80103 |
| Receiving water | WEST BIJOU CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Spring Gulch-West Bijou Creek (HUC 101900110209) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 88 | 19 | July 31, 2024 | 257% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 8 | 8 | March 31, 2013 | 1,806% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 5 | February 29, 2020 | 152% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 8 | 4 | January 31, 2017 | 234% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 265% over the limit |
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES COG589033.
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 14, 2026.