Las Animas WWTP
Las Animas, CO · Bent County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.71 MGD
- Design flow
- 1.03 MGD
- NPDES permit
- CO0040690
- Expired
- Permit expires
- January 2026
- Population served
- 2,290
- CWNS 2022
Las Animas WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado treating an average of 0.71 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 1.03 MGD, serving about 2,290 residents. Treatment on site includes aerated lagoons, uncovered lagoons. It discharges under NPDES permit CO0040690 (expired), which expires in January 2026, with 73 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 73
- Effluent violations
- 73
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Key contacts
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Las Animas WWTP: 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 September 11, 2026; facility record last updated March 16, 2025.