Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG641022

SNOWBALL WTP, Archuleta County, CO: NPDES COG641022 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SNOWBALL WTP, held by Pagosa Area Water and San Dist, holds NPDES permit COG641022, which discharges to Horse Gulch. EPA’s file records it issued December 8, 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	SNOWBALL WTP
Permittee as filed	Pagosa Area Water and San Dist
NPDES ID	COG641022
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 8, 2005
Expiration date	October 31, 2010
Address	Archuleta County, CO 81157
Receiving water	HORSE GULCH
Subwatershed	Fawn Gulch-San Juan River (HUC 140801010404)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
8With 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.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Chlorine, total residual	2	31	27	June 30, 2013	426% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	7	3	June 30, 2017	650% over the limit
pH	2	6	2	March 31, 2017
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	6	0
Copper, potentially dissolved	2	4	0
Solids, total dissolved	2	4	0
Oil and grease	1	2	0
Oil and grease visual	1	2	0
Fluoride, total [as F]	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 COG641022.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit COG641022 for the SNOWBALL WTP in Archuleta County, CO, held by Pagosa Area Water and San Dist and discharging to Horse Gulch. The permit was issued December 8, 2005, expired October 31, 2010, and is listed as administratively continued, with 9 pollutants on file, 3 under a numeric limit, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.