WQCS00003_NFA Letter_20200507

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Courtney Driver, Director of Utilities
City of Winston-Salem
PO Box 2511
Winston Salem, NC 27102
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 07, 2020
SUBJECT: Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00003
Winston-Salem Collection System
Forsyth County
Dear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City
of Winston-Salem. This review has shown the City of Winston-Salem to be in violation of the requirements found
in the subject permit and/or North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1). The violations that occurred are summarized
below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mips) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202000118 1/17/2020 29 3501 Plaza Ridge Debris in line 10 10 No Further Action
202000138 1/21/2020 675 151 Edgeway Drive Pipe Failure (Break) 80 80 No Further Action
202000140 1/22/2020 10 4311 Copperfield Ridge Debris in line 5 5 No Further Action
Lane
202000203 1/31/2020 30 Intersection of Luther Debris in line 75 75 No Further Action
and Anderson Streets
202000206 1/28/2020 90 607 Daffodil Dr Debris in line 450 50 No Further Action
North Carofins Deps rtment of Environmental Quality I dioision of Water Resources
WinstonSaiem Rs.,onsl Office 14W West Hanes Will Road. Swte 3W I WinstonSaJern, North Carolifka 27105
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Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please note
that the Division of Water Resources (DWR) began assessing civil penalties for severe and/or repeat SSOs
starting December 1, 2007. Enforcement decisions are based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters,
duration, gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills and other factors.
If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section
in the Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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