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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0048985

EDEN VALLEY INSTITUTE WWTP, Loveland, CO: NPDES CO0048985 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EDEN VALLEY INSTITUTE WWTP, held by Eden Valley Institute, holds NPDES permit CO0048985, which discharges to Buckhorn Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 23, 2015 and expiring December 31, 2020.

EDEN VALLEY INSTITUTE WWTP, Loveland, Colorado: Individual permit CO0048985, held by Eden Valley Institute; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 23, 2015, term to December 31, 2020; discharges to Buckhorn Creek.

  • pH: 2 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 13 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2024.
  • Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 14 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2022, largest 157% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 1 limit, 10 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 99,999% over the limit.
  • E. coli: 2 limits, 19 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2016, largest 174% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 24 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2025, largest 62% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 6 limits, 54 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Copper, potentially dissolved: 2 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease visual: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

EDEN VALLEY INSTITUTE WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 6 discharge permits in the Lower Buckhorn Creek subwatershed (HUC 101900060304), CO0048985 among them. Its county holds 436, 8 of them major permits; CO0048985 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Buckhorn Creek subwatershed (HUC 101900060304)

  • HIDDEN VIEW ESTATES HOA, Loveland: COL048861, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
  • ROCKY ROAD QUARRY, Loveland: COG501821, minor permit, discharging to unnamed tributary to Buckhorn Creek - Buckhorn Cre, permit term to December 31, 2021
  • SPRAGUE BUFF QUARRY, Loveland: COG502224, minor permit, discharging to Buckhorn Cree, Big Thompson River, permit term to December 31, 2026
  • SPRAGUE STONE QUARRY, Loveland: COG502128, minor permit, discharging to Union Ditch - Buckhorn Creek, permit term to December 31, 2021
  • SUNRISE RANCH WWTP, Loveland: COG589144, minor permit, discharging to unnamed tributary to Buckhorn Creek, permit term to September 30, 2018

Identity

Facility as filedEDEN VALLEY INSTITUTE WWTP
Permittee as filedEden Valley Institute
NPDES IDCO0048985
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 23, 2015
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2020
AddressLoveland, CO 80538
Receiving waterBuckhorn Creek
SubwatershedLower Buckhorn Creek (HUC 101900060304)

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
pH22813September 30, 2024
Solids, suspended percent removal1147May 31, 2022157% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1103July 31, 202599,999% over the limit
E. coli2192July 31, 2016174% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]24161July 31, 202562% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6540
Solids, total suspended4330
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4300
Chlorine, total residual2180
Copper, potentially dissolved2170
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity2160
Oil and grease170
Oil and grease visual170

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES CO0048985.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES CO0048985.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES CO0048985.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit CO0048985 for the Eden Valley Institute WWTP in Loveland, CO, which discharges to Buckhorn Creek in the Lower Buckhorn Creek subwatershed (HUC 101900060304). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 13 pollutants on file, 13 under a numeric limit, and 5 with an effluent exceedance.