WQCS00003_NOV-2021-DV-0498_20211215

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Courtney L Driver, Director of Utilities
City of Winston-Salem
PO Box 2511
Winston Salem, NC 27107-9998
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
December 15, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0498
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00003
Winston-Salem Collection System
Forsyth County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Winston-Salem indicates
violations of permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1. Violations include
failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so that there is no SSO to the
land or surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for
which a permit is required.
Specific incident(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202102023 10/6/2021 150 290 East 4th Street Pipe Failure (Break) 300 300 Notice of Violation
202102081 10/24/2021 30 1788 Gyro Dr Grease 1,400 1,400 Notice of Violation
202102105 10/29/2021 54 204 E 4th St Debris in line 322 322 Notice of Violation
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes MIS Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336.776.9800

Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes MIS Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336.776.9800