Fruita Wastewater Reclamation Facility
1131 15 Rd, Fruita, CO 81521 · Mesa County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.99 MGD
- Design flow
- 2.33 MGD
- NPDES permit
- CO0048854
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- September 2025
- Population served
- 13,408
- CWNS 2022
Fruita Wastewater Reclamation Facility is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado treating an average of 0.99 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 2.33 MGD, serving about 13,408 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit CO0048854 (administratively continued), which expires in September 2025, with 2 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in November 2025.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Fruita Wastewater Reclamation Facility.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 2
- Effluent violations
- 2
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
EPA enforcement history
Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Fruita Wastewater Reclamation Facility in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 1 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $350
- all cases
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Nov 2025
Fruita, CO Biosolids ESA CWA 309G2E AO For Class I Penalties - Biosolids Expedited Settlement Progra
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $350
EPA's description of the case:
“Facility generates Class A biosolids for public sale. The biosolids did not meet the requirements of 503.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 07-2025-0099.
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Key contacts
9 verified contacts for Fruita Wastewater Reclamation Facility, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Fruita Wastewater Reclamation Facility: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed October 26, 2026; facility record last updated May 15, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biosolids · Filter press · all terms