WQ0023634_NOV-2019-LV-0330 Response_20190514

Glenn Vance
Wastewater Superintendent
Currituck County
Date: 5/14/19
To: Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Washington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
From: Glenn Vance
RE: Response to
• NOV-2019-LV-0330
Hello Mr. Tankard,
I am writing this in response to the following NOV:
Currituck County
153 Courthouse Road, Suite 302
Currituck, North Carolina 27929
252-232-6062
[e-mail]
This letter acknowledges the receipt of the above referenced NOV. Received on 5/10/19
Limit Exceedance Violations NOV 2019-LV-0330
• 001 BOD 1 /31 /2019 Limit 10 Reported 11 Monthly avg exceedance
001 TN 1 /31 /2019 Limit 10 Reported 11.35 Monthly avg exceedance
The second train was being brought online in some extreme cold weather and without the
immediate capability to feed MicroC to denitrify. Spotty and unstable biological activity, led to
these two issues.
Reporting violations
• 001 Kieldahl Nitrogen 1 /31 /2019 Limit monitor Reported not reported
• 001 PO4 1 /31 /2019 Limit monitor Reported not reported
For some reason, the collection and analysis of theses monitor only parameters was overlooked,
and not part of the normal test package issued by the contract lab. We became aware of the
situation and rectified it with the lab, somewhere around mid -April. Also a checklist has been
developed to prevent the reoccurrence of this issue.
Thank you,
Glenn Vance
Wastewater Superintendent