WQCSD0059_NOV2020DV0093_20200323

March 23, 2020

Jonathan Cannon, City Manager
City of Saluda
PO Box 248
Saluda, NC 28773-0248

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2020-DV-0093
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCSD0059
City of Saluda Collection System
Polk County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Saluda indicates violations of
permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1. Violations include failing to
effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so that there is no SSO to the land or
surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a
permit is required.

Specific incident(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202000244 2/6/2020 645 Laurel Dr LS Inflow and Infiltration, 88,594 88,594 Notice of Violation
Severe Natural
Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. If you have
any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mikal Willmer with the Water Quality Section in the Asheville
Regional Office at 828-296-4686 or via email at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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