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MS4 Inspection Report
Newton, NC: NPDES Permit No. NCS000397
Inspection Date: December 11, 2018 Appendix B, Page 1 of 28
Photograph 1. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View, facing west, of the slope running from
the western portion to the eastern portion of the facility with evidence of erosion and sediment transport
throughout the unstabilized dirt lot and access road.
Photograph 2. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View, facing southeast, of evidence of
sediment transport from the unstabilized dirt access road towards the stormwater drainage ditch running
along the eastern perimeter of the facility.
Evidence of sediment
transport
Evidence of sediment
transport
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Photograph 3. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View of the vehicle storage facility located at
the northeast corner of the facility. Note the rusting and deterioration along the bottom of the wall.
Photograph 4. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. Close up view of the rusted and deteriorating
portion of the vehicle storage facility from Photograph 3. Note the accumulated stormwater adjacent to
the rusted area.
Rust and
deterioration
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Inspection Date: December 11, 2018 Appendix B, Page 3 of 28
Photograph 5. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View, facing north, of the stormwater
drainage ditch running along the eastern perimeter of the facility. Note that the vehicle storage facility, on
the left side of this photograph and in Photographs 3 and 4, is adjacent to this drainage ditch.
Photograph 6. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View of the stormwater drainage ditch
running along the eastern perimeter of the facility, facing south. Note the vehicle storage shed pictured in
Photographs 3 and 4 is located adjacent to this ditch.
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Inspection Date: December 11, 2018 Appendix B, Page 4 of 28
Photograph 7. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View, facing southwest, of an uncovered and
uncontained leaf debris stockpile located directly south of the facility’s salt and sand stockpile bays.
Photograph 8. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View of two uncovered and uncontained
sediment stockpiles located directly south of the leaf debris stockpile pictured in Photograph 7.
Leaf debris stockpile
Sediment stockpiles
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Photograph 9. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View of stormwater flow pathway leading
away from the uncovered and uncontained leaf debris and sediment stockpiles shown in Photographs 7
and 8. The flow pathway leads to the stormwater drainage ditch shown in Photographs 5 and 6.
Photograph 10. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View, facing northwest, of a flooded storage
shed located in the northwest corner of the facility, upgradient of the stormwater outfall in the northeast
corner of the facility.
Direction of
stormwater flow
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Inspection Date: December 11, 2018 Appendix B, Page 6 of 28
Photograph 11. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View inside the flooded storage shed shown
in Photograph 10.
Photograph 12. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View of a drainage ditch that conveys
stormwater from the northwest corner of the facility to the stormwater outfall located at the northeast
corner of the facility. Note that the drainage ditch is located directly north of the flooded storage shed
pictured in Photographs 12 and 13 and shown on the right in this photograph.
Direction of
stormwater flow
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Photograph 13. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View, facing north, of the stormwater outfall
located in the northeast corner of the facility.
Photograph 14. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View, facing north, of the receiving water for
the stormwater outfall pictured in Photograph 15.
Outfall Pipe
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Photograph 15. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View of an uncovered dumpster located in
the central portion of the facility directly upgradient of the stormwater ditch pictured in Photographs 5
and 6. Note the trash and debris in the dumpster.
Photograph 16. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View of the bottom of the uncovered
dumpster pictured in Photograph 17. Note the rusted discoloration of the ground near the dumpster.
Discoloration
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Photograph 17. City of Newton Old Public Works Facility. View, facing east, of a stormwater flow
pathway away from the uncovered dumpster pictured in Photographs 15 and 16. The flow pathway
connects to the stormwater drainage ditch pictured in Photographs 5 and 6.
Photograph 18. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View, facing east, of electrical equipment stored
in the eastern portion of the facility.
Direction of
stormwater flow
Direction of
stormwater flow
Electrical Equipment
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Photograph 19. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of a catch basin located in the central
portion of the facility. This catch basin collects stormwater from the majority of the vehicle and
equipment storage areas including from the electrical equipment area pictured in Photograph 18.
Photograph 20. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of outfall pipes directly southwest of the
facility across West 1st Street. Note that all stormwater from the facility drains to the center outfall
structure.
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Photograph 21. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View, facing southwest, of the receiving water
for the stormwater outfall pictured in Photograph 20.
Photograph 22. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View, facing northeast, of an uncovered
dumpster located in the central portion of the facility. Note that the dumpster was filled and contained
discarded electrical wires.
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Inspection Date: December 11, 2018 Appendix B, Page 12 of 28
Photograph 23. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View, facing north, of an uncovered dumpster
located south of the vehicle fueling area.
Photograph 24. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of a petroleum product sheen behind the
storage facility in the northwest corner of the facility.
Petroleum Sheen
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Photograph 25. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View, facing northwest, of a vehicle and
equipment storage area in the northwest corner of the facility. Note the petroleum product sheen pictured
in Photograph 24 was near this storage area.
Photograph 26. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of an uncovered barrel filled with trash
located in the northwest corner of the facility. Note the green staining on the inside of the barrel.
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Photograph 27. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View inside the uncovered barrel pictured in
Photograph 28.
Photograph 28. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View, facing west, of a rusted metal barrel and
additional equipment storage along the western perimeter of the facility.
Rusted Barrel
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Photograph 29. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View, facing west, of an open barrel stored along
the western perimeter of the facility. Note the three holes along the side of the barrel.
Photograph 30. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of uncontained barrels (five of eight
uncovered) stored adjacent to the vehicle wash building. The labels on the red and yellow barrels indicate
that they once stored lubricants.
Holes
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Photograph 31. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of a used oil tank stored in the southwest
portion of the facility upgradient of a petroleum product sheen and sanitary sewer manhole.
Photograph 32. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of the petroleum product sheen and sanitary
sewer manhole pictured in Photograph 31.
Petroleum Sheen
Used Oil Tank
Petroleum Sheen
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Inspection Date: December 11, 2018 Appendix B, Page 17 of 28
Photograph 33. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View inside the vehicle wash building located in
the southwest portion of the facility.
Photograph 34. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of a floor drain in the vehicle wash
building, which drains to an oil/water separator prior to the sanitary sewer system.
Drain
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Inspection Date: December 11, 2018 Appendix B, Page 18 of 28
Photograph 35. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of the oil/water separator to which the
vehicle wash building drains. City representatives said that the oil/water separator has an alarm system.
Photograph 36. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of a trash dumpster almost on top of a catch
basin in the southern portion of the facility.
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Inspection Date: December 11, 2018 Appendix B, Page 19 of 28
Photograph 37. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of refuse liquid that the inspection team
observed draining from underneath a vehicle parked in the covered vehicle storage area at the center of
the facility. Stormwater drainage from this area flows to the catch basin shown in Photograph 22.
Photograph 38. City of Newton Public Works Facility. View of petroleum product staining and
absorbent material under a vehicle parked in the vehicle storage area in the center of the facility. The
drainage from underneath the vehicle flows towards the catch basin pictured in Photograph 22.
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Photograph 39. City of Newton Police Department and Maintenance Facility. View of stormwater
collected in the southwest corner of the facility. Note that the entire facility slopes towards this corner and
the stormwater discharges from the facility in sheet flow.
Photograph 40. City of Newton Police Department and Maintenance Facility. View of petroleum product
sheen on the surface of the stormwater collected in the southwest corner of the facility shown in
Photograph 41.
Petroleum Sheen
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Photograph 41. City of Newton Police Department and Maintenance Facility. View, facing south, of the
receiving water located along the southern perimeter of the facility.
Photograph 42. City of Newton Police Department and Maintenance Facility. View, facing east, of the
covered fueling station in the center of the facility and a five-gallon bucket filled with absorbent material.
Bucket with
Absorbents
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Photograph 43. City of Newton Police Department and Maintenance Facility. View inside the vehicle
wash facility inside the vehicle maintenance garage in the northwest corner of the facility.
Photograph 44. City of Newton Police Department and Maintenance Facility. View of the floor drain in
the vehicle wash facility shown in Photograph 45. The vehicle wash facility drains to an oil/water
separator prior to the sanitary sewer system.
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Photograph 45. City of Newton Police Department and Maintenance Facility. View, facing northeast, of
a used oil tank with secondary containment located on the west side of the maintenance garage in the
northwest corner of the facility.
Photograph 46. City of Newton Police Department and Maintenance Facility. View of the drain and
valve in the closed position attached to the secondary containment pictured in Photograph 45.
Drain and Valve
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Photograph 47. City of Newton Police Department and Maintenance Facility. View of separation
between the secondary containment structure and the western wall of the maintenance garage. This
separation could result in a potential breach in containment. The facility wall is used as the fourth wall of
containment.
Photograph 48. City of Newton Fire Station No. 1 Detention Pond. View, facing southeast, of the
detention pond. The outfall structure is at the east end of the detention pond adjacent to NC Route 10
West.
Separation from Wall
Outfall structure
NC Route 10 West
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Photograph 49. City of Newton Fire Station No. 1 Detention Pond. View, facing west, of the parking lot
directly south of the fire house. Stormwater from the parking lot drains to the detention pond.
Photograph 50. City of Newton Fire Station No. 1 Detention Pond. View of the detention pond’s influent
structure in the northwest corner.
Influent structure
Direction of
stormwater flow
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Inspection Date: December 11, 2018 Appendix B, Page 26 of 28
Photograph 51. City of Newton Fire Station No. 1 Detention Pond. View of the outlet structure at the
east end of the detention pond.
Photograph 52. South Newton Elementary School Detention Pond. View, facing northwest, of the
detention pond’s southern and northern outfalls. The inspection team noticed an odor not typical of
stormwater coming from the northern outfall at the time of the facility visit.
Northern outfall
Southern outfall
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Photograph 53. South Newton Elementary School Detention Pond. View of the influent structure to the
upper pond at the east end of the detention pond. This upper pond discharges to the northern outfall
structure pictured in Photograph 54.
Photograph 54. South Newton Elementary School Detention Pond. View, facing west, of the middle and
lower ponds of the detention pond. The middle and lower ponds discharge to the southern outfall structure
pictured in Photograph 52.
Influent structure
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Inspection Date: December 11, 2018 Appendix B, Page 28 of 28
Photograph 55. South Newton Elementary School Detention Pond. View, facing northeast, of the lower
pond of the detention pond. City representatives indicated that the white flags marked areas where
vegetation in the design plans were never planted.
White Markers