Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG591140

AULT TOWN OF WWTF, Ault, CO: NPDES COG591140 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
83Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

AULT TOWN OF WWTF, held by Ault Town of, holds NPDES permit COG591140, which discharges to Mead Lateral. EPA’s file records it issued February 21, 2025 and expiring December 31, 2031. 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	AULT TOWN OF WWTF
Permittee as filed	Ault Town of
NPDES ID	COG591140
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 21, 2025
Expiration date	December 31, 2031
Address	Ault, CO 80610
Receiving water	Mead Lateral
Subwatershed	Eaton Draw (HUC 101900071007)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

83Pollutants on file
83Under a numeric limit
2With a violation of any kind
2With 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 83 are shown.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	11	11	January 31, 2026	18% over the limit
Nitrogen, inorganic total	4	2	2	April 30, 2025	38% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	36	0	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	0	0
Solids, total suspended	4	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	0	0
Chloride [as Cl]	3	0	0
Chlorine, total residual	3	0	0
E. coli	3	0	0
Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated]	3	0	0
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	3	0	0
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas	3	0	0
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity	2	0	0
pH	2	0	0
Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr]	2	0	0
Zinc, potentially dissolved	2	0	0
Silver, potentially dissolved	2	0	0
Copper, potentially dissolved	2	0	0
Cadmium, potentially dissolvd	2	0	0
Lead, potentially dissolvd	2	0	0
Manganese, potentially dissolvd	2	0	0
Nickel, potentially dissolvd	2	0	0
Selenium, potentially dissolvd	2	0	0
Uranium, potentially dissolvd	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
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)	2	0	0
1H,1H, 2H, 2H-Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)	2	0	0
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)	2	0	0
Perfluorononanesulfonic acid (PFNS)	2	0	0
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA)	2	0	0
Perfluoro-2-methoxypropanoic acid	2	0	0
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)	2	0	0
Perfluoro(2-ethoxyethane)sulfonic acid (PFEESA)	2	0	0
Perfluorododecanesulfonic acid (PFDoS)	2	0	0
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)	2	0	0
Potassium 9-chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanonane-1-sulfonate	2	0	0
Potassium 11-chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonate	2	0	0
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NMeFOSA)	2	0	0
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NEtFOSA)	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 COG591140.

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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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit COG591140 for AULT TOWN OF WWTF in Ault, CO, which discharges to Mead Lateral within the Eaton Draw subwatershed (HUC 101900071007), with status recorded as Effective as of September 15, 2026. The permit lists 83 pollutants on file, 83 of them under a numeric limit, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.