Colorado wastewater permits expiring in 2026
7 NPDES permits · 2 MGD combined average flow
7 publicly owned wastewater treatment plants in Colorado hold NPDES permits that expire during 2026, issued by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The table lists each plant with its permit number, expiry month, average flow, treatment technology and three-year violation count, in order of expiry.
An NPDES permit runs for five years. To keep discharging, a plant must apply for renewal at least 180 days before the expiry date, and the renewed permit usually arrives with tighter effluent limits, new monitoring requirements or a compliance schedule. That is why the year a permit expires is the year a plant starts budgeting for upgrades: nutrient removal, disinfection, capacity or controls.
| Facility | City | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES permit | Expires | Technology | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Animas WWTP | Las Animas | 0.71 | CO0040690 | Jan 2026 | Aerated lagoons, Uncovered lagoons | 73 |
| Vail WWTP | Vail | 1 | CO0021369 | Feb 2026 | — | 7 |
| Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority Plant | Avon | — | CO0024431 | Feb 2026 | Uncovered lagoons | 18 |
| Hot Sulphur Spr. WWTP | Hot Sulphur Springs | 0.06 | COG590084 | Mar 2026 | Aerated lagoons, Uncovered lagoons | 1 |
| Fort Garland Water & San Dist | Fort Garland | 0.03 | COX634075 | Jun 2026 | Aerated lagoons, Uncovered lagoons | 82 |
| Steamboat Lake State Park | Clark | 0.0099 | COX634078 | Jun 2026 | Uncovered lagoons | 19 |
| Peyton High School | Peyton | 0.0098 | COX634032 | Jun 2026 | — | 0 |
Colorado permit renewals in 2026: 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.