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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NM0020583

CITY OF FARMINGTON, Farmington, NM: NPDES NM0020583 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF FARMINGTON, held by FARMINGTON, CITY OF (WWTP), holds NPDES permit NM0020583, which discharges to San Juan River. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021. 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 filedCITY OF FARMINGTON
Permittee as filedFARMINGTON, CITY OF (WWTP)
NPDES IDNM0020583
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 30, 2016
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2021
AddressFarmington, NM 87401
Receiving waterSAN JUAN RIVER
SubwatershedOjo Amarillo Canyon-San Juan River (HUC 140801050505)

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, 20 deg. C48885January 31, 202699,999% over the limit
E. coli48280August 31, 202599,999% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved128068October 31, 201627% over the limit
Solids, total suspended47168February 28, 2018523% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual15149November 30, 201715,689% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]03024February 29, 200462% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general02624October 31, 201099,999% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]02222July 31, 2025302% over the limit
pH21513October 31, 2018
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1142February 28, 201853% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal1142February 28, 201867% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex250
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas250
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex250
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas250
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex250
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas250
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant340
Whole effluent toxicity040
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia020
Pentachlorophenol010
Aldrin010
Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites]010
Toxaphene010
Pollutant table from 503.13010
Level of pathogen requirements achieved010
Description of pathogen option used010
Vector attraction reduction alternative used010
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1400
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2400

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

The newest 50 of 82.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 4, 2026Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
April 22, 2026Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentEP6
March 30, 2026Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangermentEP6
March 5, 2026Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
February 25, 2026Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
February 16, 2026Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
January 28, 2026Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
January 13, 2026Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeEP6
December 24, 2025Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeEP6
December 2, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
October 21, 2025Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
October 14, 2025Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeEP6
October 7, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
September 19, 2025Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeEP6
September 5, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
August 13, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
August 7, 2025Dry-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangermentEP6
August 6, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
July 31, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
June 28, 2025Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
June 19, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
June 8, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
May 8, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
May 7, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
May 1, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
April 25, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
April 15, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
April 14, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
April 10, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
February 6, 2025Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
January 21, 2025Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeEP6
December 23, 2024Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
December 20, 2024Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
December 7, 2024Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
October 28, 2024Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
October 20, 2024Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
July 12, 2024Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
June 30, 2024Wet-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangermentEP6
June 26, 2024Wet-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
June 17, 2024Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
June 7, 2024Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
April 9, 2024Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
March 25, 2024Dry-weather unanticipated prohibited bypass discharge to waters of the U.S. - endangermentEP6
March 24, 2024Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
March 22, 2024Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
February 14, 2024Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
July 4, 2023Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
December 7, 2021Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environmentEP6
April 10, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentEP6
May 17, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentEP6

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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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