Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG589150
INDEPENDENCE WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, Elizabeth, CO: NPDES COG589150 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
INDEPENDENCE WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, held by Independence Water and Sanitation District, holds NPDES permit COG589150, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary To Henderson Gulch. EPA’s file records it issued October 23, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 | INDEPENDENCE WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Independence Water and Sanitation District |
| NPDES ID | COG589150 |
| 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 | October 23, 2020 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Address | Elizabeth, CO 80107 |
| Receiving water | unnamed tributary to Henderson Gulch |
| Subwatershed | Middle Running Creek (HUC 101900030703) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 6 | 10 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 36% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 24 | 7 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 106% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 3 | 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 COG589150.
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.