Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG589009

SEVERANCE TOWN OF, Weld County, CO: NPDES COG589009 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SEVERANCE TOWN OF, held by Severance Town of, holds NPDES permit COG589009, which discharges to Law Ditch To Law Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued October 4, 2005 and expiring October 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	SEVERANCE TOWN OF
Permittee as filed	Severance Town of
NPDES ID	COG589009
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	October 4, 2005
Expiration date	October 31, 2010
Address	Weld County, CO 80546
Receiving water	LAW DITCH TO LAW RESERVOIR
Subwatershed	Windsor Reservoir (HUC 101900071003)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
12With 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	10	36	30	April 30, 2023	142% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	12	10	March 31, 2019	118% over the limit
E. coli	0	11	3	August 31, 2015	419% over the limit
pH	2	5	3	January 31, 2015
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	8	6	2	August 31, 2015	1% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	4	2	April 30, 2014	28% over the limit
E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC	2	4	2	May 31, 2013	50% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	2	2	November 30, 2008	62% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	2	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	0	2	0
Oil and grease	1	1	0
Oil and grease visual	1	1	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 COG589009.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES COG589009, held by SEVERANCE TOWN OF in Weld County, CO, which discharges to LAW DITCH TO LAW RESERVOIR within the Windsor Reservoir subwatershed (HUC 101900071003). The permit is listed as administratively continued, a minor discharger class of 10, with 12 pollutants on file, 10 under a numeric limit, 12 with a violation of any kind, and 8 with an effluent exceedance.