NC0021181_NOD-2021-LV-0031 Response_20210304

MAR 112021
March 4, 2021
WOROS
MOORESVILLE REGIONAL OFFICE
115 N. MAIN STREET
POST OFFICE BOX 431
BELMONT, N.C. 28012
PHONE [phone]
Certified Mail Receipt # 7016 0910 0001 0220 5257
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301
Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
Ref: Notice of Deficiency — Tracking No. NOD-2021-LV-0031
City of Belmont — NC0021181
Dear Corey Basinger:
The City of Belmont is in receipt of the above NOD and as required, our response to this
violation is as follows:
Incident — The weekly Effluent Total Suspended Solids for week ending 12/26/2020 was
reported as 47.77 mg/1 and the permit limit is 45 mg/1.
On behalf of the City of Belmont, we believe that this incident was caused by the high number
of solids not settling properly. Unfortunately, the lab company Belmont uses did not have alerts
set up with staff to indicate when results were high. We have since corrected this issue and
Belmont staff cleaned the effluent contact chamber on January 11, 2021 and contained the flow
inside the plant. Additionally, Belmont began using a different settling agent to help solids
settle in January 2021.
Please reach out to me with any further questions or concerns.
S'ncerely,
anya S. Carter
Waste Water ORC
Cc: Adrian Miller -City Manager
William Carroll -Public Works Director
Wastewater -File