Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG081453

RICO WATER SYSTEM DOLORES RIVER CROSSING, Rico, CO: NPDES COG081453 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

RICO WATER SYSTEM DOLORES RIVER CROSSING, held by Rico Town of, holds NPDES permit COG081453, which discharges to Dolores River. EPA’s file records it issued March 11, 2026 and expiring May 31, 2028. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	RICO WATER SYSTEM DOLORES RIVER CROSSING
Permittee as filed	Rico Town of
NPDES ID	COG081453
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 11, 2026
Expiration date	May 31, 2028
Address	Rico, CO 81332
Receiving water	Dolores River
Subwatershed	Scotch Creek-Dolores River (HUC 140300020204)
SIC	1623 – Water, Sewer, And Utility Lines

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
0With 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
pH	2	4
Solids, total suspended	2	4
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	4
Solids, total dissolved	2	4
Oil and grease	1	2
Flow, total	1	2
Duration of discharge	1	2
Oil and grease visual	1	2

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES COG081453.

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 COG081453.

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 October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES COG081453 held by Rico Town of for RICO WATER SYSTEM DOLORES RIVER CROSSING in Rico, CO, which discharges to the Dolores River in the Scotch Creek-Dolores River subwatershed (HUC 140300020204). The EPA file lists the permit as Effective, issued March 11, 2026, and expiring May 31, 2028, with 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.