WQCS00350_NOI_NOV2022DV0188_&_NOV2022DV0189_Response_20220801

CITY OF KING
Jack Warren, Mayor
Scott Barrow, City Engineer
& Interim City Manager
P.O. Drawer 1132 YM rl-'A- as 229 S. Main Street
King, NC 27021-1132 `''' Telephone [phone]
NC Department of
Environmental Quality
Received
Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
NCDEQ DWR AUG 0 1 2022
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Regional Office
Re.: Notice of Violation
NOV-2022-DV-0188 & NOV-2022-DV-0189
Lon T. Snider:
The purpose of this letter is to respond to your letters for Permit # WQCS00350. I received the letter for
0188 on Monday, July 25, 2022 and I received the letter for 0189 on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Below please fine
a response to each SSO:
0188: This SSO was caused by the rupturing of a 14" gate valve just outside of The Farm Pumping
Station on the force main side. We hired a company to perform a pump around and they had issue
after issue. We also hired a company to perform a line -stop while we replaced the fittings in this
area of the force main.
0189: The second SSO was caused by a tee in the same force main that blew out. We again hired a
company to perform a line stop while this tee was replaced.
For both of these, everything has been corrected with new materials. We have also ordered redundant
part for any future failures. Also know that this spill was many miles upstream of our water
treatment plant and nothing was ever detected there. There were no impacts to public health, fish
kills, or recreational closures. Please let me know if you need more detail or have any issues or
concerns with our resolutions listed above.
Sincerely
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T. Scott Barrow, PE, PLS
City Engineer & Interim City Manager