Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG589079
DOVE CREEK WWTF, Dolores County, CO: NPDES COG589079 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DOVE CREEK WWTF, held by Dove Creek Town of, holds NPDES permit COG589079, which discharges to Dove Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 11, 2008 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 | DOVE CREEK WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Dove Creek Town of |
| NPDES ID | COG589079 |
| 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 | September 11, 2008 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2010 |
| Address | Dolores County, CO 81324 |
| Receiving water | Dove Creek |
| Subwatershed | Dove Creek (HUC 140802030404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 210 | 121 | July 31, 2026 | 1,326% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 126 | 24 | July 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 273 | 7 | March 31, 2022 | 147% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 56 | 5 | March 31, 2025 | 173% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 107 | 4 | March 31, 2025 | 46% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 98 | 3 | March 31, 2025 | 1,264% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 185 | 1 | March 31, 2023 | 23% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 102 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 88 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 10 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
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.