WQCS00111_NOVNOI2020PC0019_RESP_20200117

301 N. Trade Street • Tryon, North Carolina 28782
[phone] • Fax: [phone]
Tryon-nc.com
Town of Tryon
Office of the Town Manager
Zach Ollis

January 14th, 2020

G. Landon Davidson
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
2090 U.S. 70 Highway
Swannanoa, N.C. 28778

Subject: Notice of Violation
Tracking Number: 70171070000017760701
Sanitary Sewer Overflows – January 2020
Tryon Collection System
Polk County

Dear Mr. G. Landon Davidson,

The following are our plans to address indicated violations and other identified issues in the
collection system from the Notice of Violation dated January 08, 2020.

Compliance Issues:
The Town of Tryon is meeting with Withers & Ravenel on January 21, 2020 to discuss moving
forward with the sewer replacement project on Braewick Rd. Even though the project is slated
to start during our CIP, the Town wishes to move forward and begin work to expedite the
project due to the continuing issues at Braewick. The Town of Tryon has invited Mikal Wilmer
to attend the meeting. The Town would also extend an offer to anyone you wish to be in
attendance.

We have received more quotes to do the dredging and are prepared to go with a $23,500 quote
from Spicer On-Call Services out of Gilbert, SC.

Our Water Treatment Plant ORC, Greg McCool, is working to recreate the schedule for the
backwashing to minimize risk. We are experimenting with days and limiting to one filter instead
of two.

Mayor
J. Alan Peoples
Mayor Pro-tem
Bill Ingham
Board Members
Crys Armbrust
Chrelle Booker
Bill Crowell

Town Manager
Zach Ollis

Town Clerk
Susan Bell

Town Attorney
William Morgan

301 N. Trade Street • Tryon, North Carolina 28782
[phone] • Fax: [phone]
Tryon-nc.com
Required Actions:

1. Screens have been installed on both the overflow pipe and the outlet pipe entering the
collections system.
2. Notification will be given to the Asheville Regional Office of planned backwashing
events.
3. We are currently monitoring the pond outlets during and after backwashing event s.
4. During all SSOs, the Town will be doing fecal samples upstream and downstream the
reach and body of water. We have already communicated with our sampling company ,
ETS, about after hours testing. They are willing to work with us given enough time to set
up.
5. A timeline for corrective action is below:

January 17th: Contacted Spicer On-Call for scheduling of dredging
January 21st: Meeting with Withers & Ravenel regarding backwashing issue
January 24th: Dewatering bags installed
February 2020: Research and apply for funding with Withers to start project
February 2020: Board approval of CIP
Fall 2020: Begin construction