Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG591033
BYERS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, Byers, CO: NPDES COG591033 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 93Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BYERS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, held by Byers Water Sanitation Dist, holds NPDES permit COG591033, which discharges to West Bijou Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 13, 2024 and expiring December 31, 2029. 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 | BYERS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Byers Water Sanitation Dist |
| NPDES ID | COG591033 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 13, 2024 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2029 |
| Address | Byers, CO 80103 |
| Receiving water | West Bijou Creek |
| Subwatershed | Spring Gulch-West Bijou Creek (HUC 101900110209) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 93Pollutants on file
- 93Under a numeric limit
- 33With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 93 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 6 | 6 | September 30, 2025 | 220% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2025 | 247% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 280% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 48 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, potentially dissolved | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, potentially dissolved | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, potentially dissolved | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, dissolved [as Mn] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, potentially dissolved | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent, potentially dissolvd | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NEtFOSE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NMeFOSE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorodecanesulfonic acid (PFDS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS) | 2 | 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 COG591033.
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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