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ROY COOPER
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MICHAEL S.REGAN
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Water CULPEPPER
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Abbitteen Fore OCT ®8 2018
709 Lakeview Rd. Water Resources
Durham NC 27712-1341 Permitting Section
Subject: Compliance Evaluation Inspection
709 Lakeview Rd.
Single Family Wastewater Treatment System
Permit No.NCG551388
Durham County
Dear Ms. Fore:
On September 5, 2018, Joan Schneier from the Raleigh Regional Office visited your single-
family residence (SFR) wastewater treatment system to evaluate compliance with the above
pen-nit to discharge wastewater. Thank you to both you and your husband for assistance during
the inspection. The checked boxes below show what conditions were noted at your facility:
n In compliance: You are reminded to regularly maintain the chlorine disinfection
system,have the effluent sampled once a year, and have the septic tank pumped out every
3 to 5 years. Your good record of operation and meeting the permit requirements is
highly commended.
I Your home is improperly plumbed: Some of the wastewater discharges are going
directly to the environment without first passing through the treatment system. This must
be corrected immediately. Please submit a schedule to this office within 20 days of
receiet of this letter that states our elan for correctin• this deficient . The work is to be •
completed within the next 3 months.
n Disinfection: Your system is lacking disinfection, either chlorine tablets or a UV light
system. New rules put into place on August 1, 2007 require all SFR systems to have a
means of disinfection (and dechlorination when chlorine tablets are used to disinfect, if
the system was installed since that date).
I I Treatment tablets missing or are wrong kind: You are responsible for always
having chlorine tablets in place. They must be the kind for wastewater treatment and not
for_swimlming pools. •
Itechlorination: Your system was installed after August 1, 2007, so must have a
means of dechlorination located downstream of the chlorinator and its contact chamber.
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See Disinfection paragraph above. Please submit a schedule to this office within 20
calendar days of receipt of this letter stating your plan for correcting this deficiency.
Pumping the septic tank: The septic tank should be pumped out every 3 to 5 years.
A pumping company can check the status periodically and determine when pumping is
required.
Li Failure to-analyze-the-effluent:The-effluent that is-discharged from your-system --
must be analyzed once each year. See Part I(A) of your permit about his requirement.
Make arrangements for sampling to be carried out within the next 3 months, and submit
• results to this office within 3 weeks after the sampling has been conducted.
Locations of treatment units are unknown: Determine this and report to this office
within 30 days of receipt of this letter with a sketch or map.
M ther: The chlorinator area was flooded when inspected. Please have a wastewater
professional evaluate your system to determine a) location of outfall pipe b) whether the
system has any blockages c) whether stolin water should be diverted away from the
system d) whether the system is functioning effectively. Please contact this office with
the results within 60 clays.
If you have questions or comments about this inspection or the requirements to take corrective
action, please contact Joan Schneier or me at 919-791-4200. Licensed plumbers should be used
to make plumbing-changes within your home. Contractors for-installing disinfection or other
equipment may be found in the Yellow Pages under Environmental Consultants.
S,Daniel Smith, Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
Raleigh Regional Office - -
Attachments:,
Inspection Report -
Tablet suppliers
cc: (minus attacluments) -
RRO/SWP Files
NPDES Permitting Unit Files— Charles Weaver .
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