Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NM0030686
RIO PUERCO WWTP/ROUTE 66 CASINO, Albuquerque, NM: NPDES NM0030686 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RIO PUERCO WWTP/ROUTE 66 CASINO, held by RIO PUERCO WWTP, holds NPDES permit NM0030686, which discharges to Unnamed Arroya To Rio Puerco. EPA’s file records it issued September 22, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. 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 | RIO PUERCO WWTP/ROUTE 66 CASINO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RIO PUERCO WWTP |
| NPDES ID | NM0030686 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 22, 2016 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2021 |
| Address | Albuquerque, NM 87121 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED ARROYA TO RIO PUERCO |
| Subwatershed | Canada del Ojo-Rio Puerco (HUC 130202040706) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 32Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 27With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 34 | 11 | May 31, 2026 | 1,082% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 16 | 10 | June 30, 2026 | 1,060% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 125 | 2 | December 31, 2023 | 160% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 22 | 2 | December 31, 2023 | 1,665% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 19 | 2 | December 31, 2023 | 60% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 0 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2023 | 6,633% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 124 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 18% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 83 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 82 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 78 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 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 NM0030686.
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.