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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG589097

BERTHOUD ESTATES WWTF, Berthoud, CO: NPDES COG589097 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BERTHOUD ESTATES WWTF, held by Berthoud Estates Community Assoc, holds NPDES permit COG589097, which discharges to Dry Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2008 and expiring October 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 filedBERTHOUD ESTATES WWTF
Permittee as filedBerthoud Estates Community Assoc
NPDES IDCOG589097
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
IssuedOctober 1, 2008
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2010
AddressBerthoud, CO 80513
Receiving waterDry Creek
SubwatershedDry Creek (HUC 101900060501)

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2108100June 30, 20241,643% over the limit
E. coli25950March 31, 202499,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C67425June 30, 2024147% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual33022January 31, 20143,536% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal12218June 30, 2024333% over the limit
Solids, total suspended22113April 30, 2022100% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4224April 30, 202046% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal1123April 30, 2022239% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved4160
pH290
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity080
Oil and grease140
Oil and grease visual140
Coliform, fecal general200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES COG589097.

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.