Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COL020974

USAF ACADEMY WWTP, Usaf Academy, CO: NPDES COL020974 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

USAF ACADEMY WWTP, held by USAF - ACADEMY, holds NPDES permit COL020974. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for USAF ACADEMY WWTP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Usaf Academy, Colorado. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES COL020974.

Identity

Facility as filed	USAF ACADEMY WWTP
Permittee as filed	USAF - ACADEMY
NPDES ID	COL020974
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Associated permit record
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Federal facility
Program	Biosolids
Issued	January 1, 2021
Expiration date	December 31, 2025
Address	Usaf Academy, CO 80840
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Middle Monument Creek (HUC 110200030105)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler CO8572924928; ICIS-AIR source CO0000000804100006

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES COL020974.

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 COL020974.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES COL020974.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES COL020974.

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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USAF ACADEMY WWTP, Usaf Academy, Colorado: Associated permit record COL020974, held by USAF - ACADEMY; Biosolids; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2021, term to December 31, 2025.

Colorado holds 380 Biosolids coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 0 were issued before COL020974.

Coverages issued nearest COL020974

January 1, 2021: WALDEN TOWN OF, Walden, COL020788, held by Walden Town of
January 1, 2021: SILVERTHORNE DILLON JOINT SEWER AUTHORITY, Silverthorne, COL020826, held by Silverthorne Dillon Joint Sewer Authority
January 1, 2021: STEAMBOAT SPRINGS CITY OF, Steamboat Springs, COL020834, held by Steamboat Springs City of
January 1, 2021: LYONS TOWN OF, Lyons, COL020877, held by Lyons Town of
January 1, 2021: WEST JEFFERSON COUNTY MD, Evergreen, COL020915, held by West Jefferson County MD
January 1, 2021: WIDEFIELD WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, Colorado Springs, COL021067, held by Widefield Water and Sanitation District
January 1, 2021: AVONDALE WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, Avondale, COL021075, held by Avondale Water and Sanitation District
January 1, 2021: JULESBURG TOWN OF, Julesburg, COL021113, held by Julesburg Town of
January 1, 2021: COLORADO CITY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, Colorado City, COL021121, held by Colorado City Metropolitan District
January 1, 2021: LEADVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT, Leadville, COL021164, held by Leadville Sanitation District

USAF ACADEMY WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 87 discharge permits in the Middle Monument Creek subwatershed (HUC 110200030105), COL020974 among them. Its county holds 666, 13 of them major permits; COL020974 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Middle Monument Creek subwatershed (HUC 110200030105)

17224 COPPER VALLEY, Colorado Springs: COR431405, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
450 GRANDWOOD DR, Monument: COR423463, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
ACADEMY WSD, El Paso County: COG589020, minor permit, discharging to SMITH CREEK, permit term to October 31, 2010
AFTER SUNSET RESORT & HOTEL, Colorado Springs: COR428670, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
AIR FORCE ACADEMY WECKER HALL AND YOST PLAZA, Co: COR10F0AP, minor permit, permit term to February 16, 2027
BANK OF AMERICA - FLYING HORSE, Colorado Springs: COR426731, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
BENET HILLS, Colorado Springs: COR412925, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2024
BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK CHANNEL AND HABITAT RESTORATION PHASE 1, Colorado Springs: COR10F095, minor permit, permit term to February 16, 2027
BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK IMPROVEMENTS, Colorado Springs: COR426899, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
BRINKERHOFF RESTAURANT AT POLARIS POINTE, Colorado Springs: COR430889, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

The USAF ACADEMY WWTP is one of 9 biosolids permits in El Paso County, and the share of those 9 with a violation on file is 11.1%. It also sits among 87 NPDES permits in the Middle Monument Creek subwatershed, and it records 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.