Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG588039
SOUTH FORK WATER & SAN DIST, South Fork, CO: NPDES COG588039 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTH FORK WATER & SAN DIST, held by South Fork Water and Sanitation District, holds NPDES permit COG588039, which discharges to Rio Grande River. EPA’s file records it issued June 29, 2005 and expiring May 31, 2010. 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 | SOUTH FORK WATER & SAN DIST |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | South Fork Water and Sanitation District |
| NPDES ID | COG588039 |
| 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 | June 29, 2005 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2010 |
| Address | South Fork, CO 81154 |
| Receiving water | RIO GRANDE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Shaw Creek-Rio Grande (HUC 130100011304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 74 | 37 | July 31, 2023 | 353% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 23 | 21 | April 30, 2023 | 581% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 36 | 20 | January 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 40 | 14 | June 30, 2021 | 444% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 23 | 9 | February 28, 2022 | 84% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 81 | 4 | May 31, 2013 | 660% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 16 | 2 | April 30, 2008 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2008 | 167% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, potentially dissolved | 0 | 2 | 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 COG588039.
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.