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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG591065

ELBERT WATER & SANITATION DIST WWTF, Elbert, CO: NPDES COG591065 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ELBERT WATER & SANITATION DIST WWTF, held by Elbert Water and Sanitation District, holds NPDES permit COG591065, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary To Kowa Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 10, 2024 and expiring December 31, 2029. 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 filedELBERT WATER & SANITATION DIST WWTF
Permittee as filedElbert Water and Sanitation District
NPDES IDCOG591065
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 10, 2024
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2029
AddressElbert, CO 80106
Receiving waterUnnamed tributary to Kowa Creek
SubwatershedGopher Creek-Kiowa Creek (HUC 101900100103)

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 95 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4731November 30, 2024173% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C61080
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]24360
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity2360
pH2360
Solids, total suspended2360
Manganese, dissolved [as Mn]2360
Selenium, potentially dissolvd2360
Chlorine, total residual2360
E. coli2360
Nitrogen, inorganic total2180
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]1180
Chloride [as Cl]1180
Oil and grease1180
Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated]1180
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1180
Solids, suspended percent removal1180
Sulfate1180
Oil and grease visual1180
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia3140
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas3140
Cadmium, potentially dissolvd2140
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]2120
Zinc, potentially dissolved2120
Silver, potentially dissolved2120
Copper, potentially dissolved2120
Lead, potentially dissolvd2120
Manganese, potentially dissolvd2120
Nickel, potentially dissolvd2120
Uranium, potentially dissolvd2120
Mercury, total [as Hg]280
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]170
Cadmium, total recoverable170
Arsenic, total recoverable160
Iron, total recoverable160
Iron, dissolved [as Fe]160
Nickel, total recoverable160
Lead, total recoverable160
Molybdenum, total recoverable160
Arsenic, potentially dissolved160
Chromium, trivalent, potentially dissolvd160
Chromium, trivalent total recoverable160
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)240
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)240
Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA)240
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)240
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)240
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)240
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)240
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)240
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)240
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)240
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)240
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA)240
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NEtFOSE)240
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NMeFOSE)240
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)240
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)240
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)240
Perfluorodecanesulfonic acid (PFDS)240

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 COG591065.

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.