20190288 Ver 1_Quarterly Report_20200709

Strickland, Bev
From: Daniel Davis <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2020 11:20 AM
To: Homewood, Sue
Cc: Bob Pudney; Benjie Thomas ([e-mail]); Buckeye Water Plant
Subject: [External] Town of Beech Mtn. 401 Certification No. 1756 Quarterly Report
Attachments: Annual Lake Discharge Report 2020.xlsx
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Sue,
I have attached the data for both first and second quarter of 2020. Since our previous report the USGS has assigned the
CFS flow rates to our gages and have updated the historical data, so the report shows flow rate back to January of this
year. The discharge represents our troubles well with maximum discharges of 173 CFS down to 0.84 CFS in June. From
June 7t" thru June 13t" we had a very dry period and the 12t" and 13t" of June we were below the required minimum rate
of discharge set by permit at 1.26 CFS. We then had rain and have been well above since that time.
In response the those low flow days, we made an operational shift at our water treatment facility. We drastically slowed
the flow into the plant which is normally 750 GPM, and began treatment setup to operate at a 450 GPM flow from the
raw water intake. We extended our operational shift from an average 8 hour run time to an average 16 hour run time
daily to allow for less impact on the withdrawal from the lake and still maintain our current production needs. It should
be noted that during this time we maintained flow across our spill way at all times. We believe that the change in
operation made significant positive impact on the discharge flow rate, and we continue to maintain that operational
standard today.
We have also continued forward on securing additional water supply source for the town. We have received
authorization to proceed on three test well across our township in hopes of finding viable well source water to
supplement our system and relieve pressure on the lake withdrawal. McGill Associates are currently preparing the bid
documents to allow for drilling in August of this year. Should we find a viable site we will prepare for well development
directly to our distribution system. We also continue in our efforts to construct the Watauga River Intake site. We still
do not have approval from Watauga County.
I am concerned that on such a historical period of rainfall this year, that we already had difficulty maintaining the
required discharge rate. I expect that we will have much more difficulty in late fall if we do not continue to have the
amazing amounts of rainfall we have been experiencing. We will continue to develop source water as we can, and we
continue to replace water mains and services across the mountain in efforts to reduce unaccounted for water in our
system.
Thank you,
Daniel Davis
Public Utilities Director
510 Beech Mountain Pkwy.
Beech Mtn, NC, 28604

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Daily Mean Discharge, cubic feet per second
DATE
Jan
2020
Feb
2020
Mar
2020
Apr
2020
May
2020
Jun
2020
1
3.86P
6.73P
10.3P
8.81P
51.1P
4.30P
2
4.04P
6.16P
9.78P
7.57P
33.3P
3.79P
3
7.02P
6.43P
21.OP
6.63P
22.6P
3.19P
4
9.69P
7.80P
22.8P
6.04P
16.6P
2.75P
5
11.2P
14.5P
19.6P
5.54P
12.9P
2.63P
6
10.8P
145P e
15.1P
5.06P
12.5P
2.36P
7
10.6P
118P
11.6P
5.19P
10.8P
1.84P
8
8.61P
55.7P
9.34P
5.10P
10.5P
1.55P
9
7.27P
33.5P
7.57P
21.7P
10.7P
1.36P
10
6.96P
25.3P
6.85P
15.6P
9.16P
1.68P
11
20.2P
36.2P
6.49P
12.8P
8.41P
1.54P
12
52.2P
42.OP
5.35P
15.7P
7.00P
1.04P
13
35.5P
74.1P
8.84P
173P e
6.32P
0.84P
14
27.6P
55.9P
7.13P
55.6P
5.45P
4.17P
15
21.7P
34.7P
7.33P
31.3P
4.71P
3.19P
16
20.6P
22.3P
6.79P
19.8P
4.22P
2.74P
17
16.9P
15.4P
7.42P
13.8P
3.70P
4.69P
18
15.OP
11.9P
7.04P
17.4P
4.00P
5.15P
19
13.2P
10.1P
7.17P
12.6P
38.7P
5.16P
20
9.92P
8.38P
11.8P
18.OP
80.7P
5.60P
21
8.19P
6.83P
19.OP
15.9P
90.8P
5.00P
22
6.95P
6.03P
16.5P
13.6P
53.6P
4.22P
23
6.25P
5.91P
18.8P
12.9P
33.3P
4.10P
24
11.6P
7.80P
21.3P
14.1P
21.6P
3.46P
25
11.2P
15.7P
48.9P
13.3P
21.4P
6.10P
26
10.4P
16.9P
38.8P
15.3P
17.8P
3.49P
27
10.5P
17.9P
25.3P
16.6P
13.4P
3.28P
28
9.21P
15.1P
17.8P
15.OP
9.98P
25.4P
29
8.19P
12.4P
12.7P
30.1P
8.44P
23.1P
30
7.56P
9.37P
85.4P
7.14P
21.OP
31
7.27P
8.59P
5.38P
COUN
T
31
29
31
30
31
30
MAX
52.2
j 145
48.9
173
90.8
25.4
MIN
3.86
1 5.91
5.35
5.06
3.7
0.84