WQCS00018_NOI_NOV2021DV0043_Response_20210202

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NC Depment of
Environmenarttal Quality
Received
FEB 0 4 2021
Winston-Salem
Regional Office
February 2, 2021
Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NC DEQ
Subject: Notice of Violation & intent to Issue Civil Penalty
Tracking No: NOV-2021-DV-0043
Sanitary Sewer Overflows —October, 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00018
Eden Collection System
Rockingham County
Dear Mr. Snider,
This letter is in response to a Notice of Intent to Issue Civil Penalty that has been issued against the City
of Eden Collection System Permit No. WQCS00018 as of January 25, 2021 for incident numbers
202002835, and 202002875.
Incident number 202002835 concerns a sanitary sewer overflow that occurred on October 25, 2020
from the manhole CB 094 at the City of Eden's Covenant Branch Pump Station. This sanitary sewer
pump station is located at 699 Lake Street. Approximately 5,750 gallons of untreated sewage was
released reaching Covenant Branch. The cause of the overflow was 1/1 finding its way into the sanitary
sewer outfall line down during a rain event that deposited 1.5 inches of rain in 6 hours.
Incident number 202002875 concerns a sanitary sewer overflow that occurred on October 30, 2020
from the manhole CB 094 at the City of Eden's Covenant Branch Pump Station. This sanitary sewer
pump station is located at 699 Lake Street. Approximately 11,700 gallons of untreated sewage was
released reaching Covenant Branch. The cause of the overflow was 1/1 finding its way into the sanitary
sewer outfall line down during a rain event and the failure of the force main bypass valve at Meadow
Greens Pump Station. This valve allows flow from the Covenant Branch force main to be sent to the
under used Industrial Pump Station force main.
The City of Eden has put out for bids a new pump station to replace the current Weil MacLain Pump
Station located at 539 S New Street. The new pump station is to be located south of 572 S New Street.
This will also carry the flow from the New Street Pump Station force main, taking the flow for both

pump stations away from the Covenant Branch basin and hopefully reducing overflows at Covenant
Branch Pump Station.
The City of Eden takes sanitary sewer overflows seriously and is doing everything it can to eliminate
them.
Please take these facts into consideration when deciding what action to take.
Sincerely,
Mark Bullins, O.R.C. City of Eden Collection System
-- Water -and -Sewer -Construction Projects Manager - -
City of Eden
CC: Jon Mendenhall, City Manager
Terry Shelton, Director of Public Utilities
Paul Dishmon, Director of Municipal Services
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