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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00018_NOI_NOV2021DV0253_Response_20210603Environmental Quality Received JUN 01 2021 Winston-Salem Regional Office June 3, 2021 Lon Snider, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources,- NC DEQ ---- Subject: Notice of Violation & Recommendation for enforcement Case # NOV-2021-DV-0253 Sanitary Sewer Overflows — February 15, 2021 City of Eden - Collection System Permit No. WQCS00018 Rockingham County Dear Mr. Snider, This letter is in response to a Notice of Violation with the intent to enforce that has been issued against the City of Eden Collection System Permit No. WQCS00018. The City of Eden understands that an NOV with the intent to enforce is being issued for incident number 202100551. This overflow to surface waters occurred on February 15, 2021 at the City of Eden's Covenant Branch Pump Station. An estimated volume of 8,400 gallons of untreated sewage was released and reached the Dan River. It was caused by inflow and infiltration during a storm event. The rain started around 6:40 PM and delivered 1.30 inches of rain until approximately 9:50 PM. This was following a storm event from the previous day that deposited 0.38 inches of rain. The City of Eden also recognizes that overflows have continued to occur at this pump station despite the City's efforts to stop them. A new pump station project is set to start this month that will take the flow from two smaller pump station off of Covenant Branch Basin. Also, the New Street Pump Station, which flows into Covenant Branch Basin, was repaired as infiltration was found to be entering wet well causing it to overflow at times. The City of Eden takes the prevention of sanitary sewer overflows seriously. Please take these facts into consideration when deciding what action to take. Sincerely, Michael Vernon, O.R.C. City of Eden Collection System Collection & Distribution City of Eden CC: Paul Dishmon, Director of Municipal Services Terry Shelton, Director of Public Utilities Jon Mendenhall, City Manager