Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG589023
LIMON WWTF, Lincoln County, CO: NPDES COG589023 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LIMON WWTF, held by Limon Town of, holds NPDES permit COG589023, which discharges to Trib To Big Sandy Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 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 | LIMON WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Limon Town of |
| NPDES ID | COG589023 |
| 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 | December 1, 2005 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2010 |
| Address | Lincoln County, CO 80828 |
| Receiving water | TRIB TO BIG SANDY CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | City of Limon (HUC 110200110202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 0 | 6 | 4 | February 28, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 22 | 2 | February 29, 2008 | 8% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2013 | 23% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2007 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2013 | 34% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 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 COG589023.
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.