Village Of Chama
Chama, NM 87520 · Rio Arriba County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.08 MGD
- Design flow
- 0.3 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NM0027731
- Effective
- Permit expires
- February 2028
- Population served
- 917
- CWNS 2022
Village Of Chama is a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in Chama, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico treating an average of 0.08 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 0.3 MGD, serving about 917 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit NM0027731 (effective), which expires in February 2028, with 170 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 9 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in April 2026.
Treatment technology
One treatment structure or unit process identified at Village Of Chama.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 170
- Effluent violations
- 170
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 Village Of Chama in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 9
- 3 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $10,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $325,300
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Apr 2026
Village of Chama WWTP AO
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order Issued · Compliance actions $200
EPA's description of the case:
“Village of Chama Wastewater Treatment Plant failed to meet permit effluent limits. The AO does not assess a monetary penalty.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2026-1788.
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Village Of Chama: 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 September 27, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Tertiary treatment · Significant industrial user · all terms