NC0025321_NOVNOI2021LV0334_RESP_20210517

16 South Main Street · P.O. Box 100 · Waynesville, NC 28786 Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
Web Address: www.waynesvillenc.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider
Gary Caldwell, Mayor Robert W. Hites, Jr. Town Manager
Julia Freeman, Mayor Pro Tem William E. Cannon, Jr., Town Attorney
Clarence “Chuck” Dickson, Alderman
Jon Feichter, Alderman
Anthony Sutton, Alderman

May 17, 2021

Daniel Boss, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources

Subject: Notice of Violation
Waynesville WWTP
Permit: NC0025321
Haywood County

To whom it may concern:
Regarding the recent NOV that is related to the relaxed limits set forth by the SOC on December
31, 2020. The Town of Waynesville was out of compliance with the TSS and BOD’s in
accordance to the DMR submitted for the month of March 2021. TSS non-compliance was from
the following, The belt press that is currently in use for dewatering sludge was out of service for
the majority of the month of March due to bearing failure, specifically the bearings on the
guide rollers for the belt on the press, which in turn left a blanket of sludge in the tank(s). In
addition, the reasoning for the compliance issue for the BOD was a total rainfall amount for the
month of March was 8.06 inches (attached). Some of which was torrential rainfall.

Remediation actions for these noncompliance issues are as follows, the digester that has been
off-line for some time. Within 1-2 weeks, we will have this tank back in service which will allow
the excess sludge blanket to be placed/pumped to the digester. Once we can move the excess
sludge from the adjacent tanks to the digester, the TSS numbers will improve drastically.
Regarding the BOD issue, we are currently working on our I&I issues to reduce/eliminate excess
I&I into the sanitary sewer system. We are keeping a log of replacement/repairs that will aide in
this portion of the SOC.

With the WWTP upgrades and the mitigation efforts to reduce/eliminate the I&I to the sanitary
sewer system and what is essentially out falling to the WWTP, the Town of Waynesville is
making important steps to address these issues and make the WWTP operate more efficiently
16 South Main Street · P.O. Box 100 · Waynesville, NC 28786 Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
Web Address: www.waynesvillenc.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider
to stay in compliance with the ongoing SOC. These steps are ongoing and will be addressed
continuously throughout the completion of the upgrades of the WWTP and moving forward
beyond that point.

Sincerely,
Jeff Stines
Town of Waynesville
Director of Public Services

STATE CLIMATE OFFICE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Station: Mountain Research Station (WAYN)
Network: ECONET
City: Waynesville
County: Haywood County
State: NC
Latitude: 35.48752
Longitude: -82.96768
Elevation: 2755 feet
Supported By: NC Agricultural Research Service
Data Accessed On: 2021-05-17 10:22:36 EDT
Month Accumulated Precipitation (1m) (in)
2021-03 8.06