Non-Compliance
Clean Water Act
CITY OF RIO RANCHO WASTEWATER FACILITIES
Quick Summary
- •Currently out of compliance in at least one environmental program (CAA, CWA, or RCRA).
- •Assessed $257,000 in total penalties since records began.
- Address
-
100 INDUSTRIAL PARK LOOP
RIO RANCHO, NM 87124
View on map ↗ - County
- SANDOVAL County
- Industry
- Utilities
- NAICS (North American Industry Classification)
- 221320
- Inspections
- 4 · last Sep 23, 2025
- Total Penalties
- $257,000 · last Mar 24, 2026
- Registry ID
- 110022872346
Compliance Status (Last 12 Quarters)
Number of calendar quarters, out of the last 12, in which this facility was in violation of its permit. Zero means no recorded violations in that program over the past three years.
2
Water (CWA)
Qtrs Non-Compliant
Qtrs Non-Compliant
Compliance Violations
Individual permit violations recorded by the EPA across air, water, and hazardous waste programs. Open violations are unresolved as of the most recent ECHO data update.
| Program | Type | Violation Date | Return to Compliance | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Oct 5, 2025 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Sep 28, 2025 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Jun 29, 2025 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Jun 19, 2025 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Jan 28, 2025 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Jan 12, 2025 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | Jan 5, 2025 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Jan 1, 2025 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Dec 25, 2024 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Dec 24, 2024 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | Dec 8, 2024 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Sep 9, 2024 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Jul 12, 2024 | — | Open |
| cwa | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S., not permit compliant, no endangerment | Jun 29, 2024 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Jun 9, 2024 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | May 3, 2024 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Jun 4, 2023 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Nov 18, 2022 | — | Open |
| cwa | WW SSO - Overflow to Dry Land or Building Backup | Oct 7, 2022 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Aug 27, 2022 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Apr 26, 2022 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Apr 22, 2022 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Mar 12, 2022 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Feb 26, 2022 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Jan 7, 2022 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Dec 2, 2021 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Sep 30, 2021 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Sep 17, 2021 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Jul 15, 2021 | — | Open |
| cwa | Schedule Event achieved late but reported | Jun 30, 2021 | — | Open |
| cwa | Schedule Event reported late | Jun 30, 2021 | — | Open |
| cwa | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | May 31, 2021 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Jul 20, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Jul 19, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Jul 13, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Jul 10, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | Jul 9, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Schedule Event achieved late but reported | Jun 30, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Schedule Event reported late | Jun 30, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | May 20, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Apr 9, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Mar 29, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Dry-weather SSO, no discharge to waters of the U.S., that may endanger health or the environment | Feb 24, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | Jan 21, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | Jan 20, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | Jan 3, 2020 | — | Open |
| cwa | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | Dec 6, 2019 | — | Open |
| cwa | Schedule Event achieved late but reported | Jun 30, 2019 | — | Open |
| cwa | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | May 14, 2019 | — | Open |
| cwa | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | May 13, 2019 | — | Open |
Discharge Limit Exceedances
Instances where this facility's reported discharge monitoring results exceeded its permitted limits under the Clean Water Act. Exceedance percentage shows how far over the permit limit the discharge was.
| Pollutant | Violation | Reported | Limit | Exceedance | Period | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 2.81 mg/L | 2.14 | +31% | Feb 2026 | Open |
| Solids, total suspended | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 24.00 mg/L | 23.00 | +4% | Feb 2026 | Open |
| Solids, total suspended | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 16.00 mg/L | 15.00 | +7% | Feb 2026 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 1,267.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +1,340% | Feb 2026 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 122.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +39% | Jan 2026 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 133.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +51% | Dec 2025 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 98.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +11% | Oct 2025 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 112.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +27% | Aug 2025 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 19,863.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +22,472% | May 2025 | Open |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 23.00 mg/L | 10.00 | +99,999% | May 2025 | Open |
| Solids, total suspended | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 1,156.79 kg/d | 714.14 | +62% | May 2025 | Open |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 453.09 kg/d | 310.54 | +46% | May 2025 | Open |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 24.40 mg/L | 2.14 | +1,040% | May 2025 | Resolved |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 494.41 kg/d | 66.28 | +646% | May 2025 | Resolved |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 63.00 mg/L | 15.00 | +99,999% | May 2025 | Open |
| Solids, total suspended | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 21.00 mg/L | 15.00 | +40% | May 2025 | Open |
| Solids, total suspended | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 57.00 mg/L | 23.00 | +148% | May 2025 | Open |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 1,280.28 kg/d | 465.80 | +175% | May 2025 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 11,330,000,000.00 CFU/d | 9,800,000,000.00 | +16% | May 2025 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 58.00 MPN/100mL | 47.00 | +23% | May 2025 | Open |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 8.40 mg/L | 2.14 | +293% | Apr 2025 | Resolved |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 191.13 kg/d | 66.28 | +188% | Apr 2025 | Resolved |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 90.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +2% | Apr 2025 | Open |
| Chlorine, total residual | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 0.22 mg/L | 0.01 | +1,882% | Feb 2025 | Open |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 2.80 mg/L | 2.14 | +31% | Jan 2025 | Resolved |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 1,046.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +1,089% | Jan 2025 | Open |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 3.70 mg/L | 2.14 | +73% | Dec 2024 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 93.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +6% | Dec 2024 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 101.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +15% | Sep 2024 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 2,076.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +2,259% | Jul 2024 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 135.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +53% | Apr 2024 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 137.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +56% | Mar 2024 | Open |
| Chlorine, total residual | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 0.10 mg/L | 0.01 | +773% | Jan 2024 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 110.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +25% | Oct 2023 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 114.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +30% | Sep 2023 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 115.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +31% | Jun 2023 | Open |
| Chlorine, total residual | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 0.05 mg/L | 0.01 | +309% | Jun 2023 | Open |
| Chlorine, total residual | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 0.02 mg/L | 0.01 | +64% | Feb 2023 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 579.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +558% | Feb 2023 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 108.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +23% | Jan 2023 | Open |
| Oil & Grease | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 11.00 mg/L | 10.00 | +10% | Nov 2022 | Open |
| Oil & Grease | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 679.64 kg/d | 465.80 | +46% | Nov 2022 | Open |
| Oil & Grease | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 38.00 mg/L | 15.00 | +153% | Nov 2022 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 154.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +75% | Oct 2022 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 2,420.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +2,650% | Sep 2022 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 2,420.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +2,650% | Aug 2022 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 1,011.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +1,049% | Jun 2022 | Open |
| Chlorine, total residual | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 0.01 mg/L | 0.01 | +27% | May 2022 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 344.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +291% | Dec 2021 | Open |
| E. coli | DMR, Limited - Numeric Violation | 301.00 MPN/100mL | 88.00 | +242% | Nov 2021 | Open |
Enforcement Actions
Formal enforcement cases brought by the EPA or state agencies, including administrative orders and civil penalties assessed. Penalty amounts reflect what was formally assessed, not necessarily what was collected.
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2025-1737 · Mar 24, 2026
$115,000
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2025-1739 · Apr 29, 2025
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2023-1704 · Apr 3, 2023
$142,000
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2022-1770 · Apr 28, 2022
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2019-1769 · Apr 8, 2019
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2011-1847 · Jun 20, 2011
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2007-1811 · Mar 10, 2008
$10,800
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2006-2026 · Sep 29, 2006
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2005-3580 · Sep 15, 2005
$900
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2001-0235 · Sep 24, 2001
$10,000
CWA 309G2B AO For Class II Penalties
Clean Water Act
· Case 06-2001-N014 · Sep 24, 2001
CWA 309A AO For Compliance
Clean Water Act
· Case 06-2000-N034 · Jul 31, 2000
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2000-0964 · Jul 31, 2000
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-2000-0358 · Mar 27, 2000
CWA 309A AO For Compliance
Clean Water Act
· Case 06-2000-N047 · Mar 27, 2000
CWA 309A AO For Compliance
Clean Water Act
· Case 06-1995-N004 · May 23, 1995
CWA 309A AO For Compliance
Clean Water Act
· Case 06-1994-N015 · Mar 3, 1994
CWA 309A AO For Compliance
Clean Water Act
· Case 06-1992-N080 · Aug 24, 1992
CWA 309A AO For Compliance
Clean Water Act
· Case 06-1992-N083 · Dec 23, 1991
Administrative - Formal
· Case 06-1990-0304 · Dec 13, 1990
$125,000
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