Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG589020
ACADEMY WSD, El Paso County, CO: NPDES COG589020 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ACADEMY WSD, held by Academy WSD, holds NPDES permit COG589020, which discharges to Smith Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 17, 2005 and expiring October 31, 2010. 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 | ACADEMY WSD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Academy WSD |
| NPDES ID | COG589020 |
| 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 17, 2005 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2010 |
| Address | El Paso County, CO 80921 |
| Receiving water | SMITH CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Middle Monument Creek (HUC 110200030105) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 15Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 113 | 44 | July 31, 2017 | 28,991% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 154 | 12 | November 30, 2008 | 76% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 4 | April 30, 2008 | 60% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 138 | 2 | March 31, 2015 | 262% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 72 | 2 | May 31, 2011 | 1% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2008 | 99% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 140 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 71 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 68 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 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 COG589020.
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.