# METROPOLITAN DENVER SEWAGE DISPOSAL
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `47748`
- **Case Number:** 08-1985-0012
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1.13M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BURLINGTON DITCH COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- COLORADO, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
- DENVER, CITY & COUNTY (DWB) (complaint) (settlement)
- FARMERS RESERVIOR & IRRIGATION COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- HENRYLYN DITCH COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
- METROPOLITAN DENVER SEWAGE DISPOSAL DIST (complaint) (settlement)
- THORNTON, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE ACTION IS TO BE BROUGHT PURSUANT TO 309 OF THE CLEAN  WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. 1319, FOR SIGNIFICANT NPDES PERMIT      VIOLATIONS AND DISCHARGES WITHOUT A PERMIT.                     METRO IS A SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT CREATED UNDER STATE   LAW BY THE CITIES OF DENVER, AURORA, AND SOME 18 OTHER       MUNICIPALITIES IN THE DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA TO PROVIDE    REGIONAL SEWER SERVICE.  IN ADDITION, METRO PROVIDES SERVICE TO MORE THAN 20 OTHER SUBURBAN SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICTS.    METRO IS THE LARGEST POTW IN REGION VIII WITH A CAPACITY OF  185 MGD AND A SERVICE SIZE OF 1.4 MILLION USERS.                THIS ENFORCEMENT ACTION IS BEING INITIATED IN RESPONSE TO OVER FIVE YEARS OF PERSISTENT AND SIGNIFICANT NON-COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN PERMIT PARAMETERS, VIZ., TOTAL RESIDUAL         CHLORINE, FECAL COLIFORMS AND OIL & GREASE.  EPA WILL BE     SEEKING AT LEAST $2.22 MILLION IN CIVIL PENALTIES AND        SUBSTANTIAL INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO ENSURE METRO WILL MEET      CURRENT AND FUTURE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.

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