WQ0042662_Muddy Creek WWTP Capacity Supporting Codument 2021_20210726

6Winston-Salem / Forsyth County
I tifflities
Water • Wastewater • Solid Waste
Administration, P.O. Box 2511, Winston-Salem, NC 27102
O: 336-727-8000, F: 336-727-8432, cityofws.org/utilities
May 12, 2021
Jenny Graznak, Assistant Regional Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Water Resources
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston Salem, NC 27105
Dear Ms. Graznak,
Please allow this letter to serve as documentation that Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utilities has
completed a project at Muddy Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant that addresses future wastewater
capacity needs. Substantial completion for this project was granted on January 6th 2021. The upgrades
included replacement of the existing headworks barscreens, grit removal, and influent pumping
equipment, 7.5 million gallons of storm flow equalization storage, and 2 million gallons of diurnal flow
equalization. The equalization and storage capabilities will reduce treatment impacts due to heavy wet
weather events and provide for more uniform flow through the plant.
The plant upgrades allow excess flow into Muddy Creek WWTP to be transferred to the Archie Elledge
WWTP, to storm, or diurnal equalization facilities. The transfer of flow will be based on hydraulic, best
treatment, and financial considerations. The integrated influent system and flow storage provides
significant reliability, allows us to balance flows between plants, and provides optimum treatment
performance during dry and wet weather.
Please let this letter serve as justification to continue permitting wastewater flows to the Muddy Creek
Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Regards,
Courtne river P.E.
Utilities Director
City Council: Mayor Allen Joines; Denise D. Adams, Mayor Pro Tempore, North Ward; Barbara Hanes Burke, Northeast Ward; Robert C. Clark, West Ward;
John C. Larson, South Ward; Jeff Maclntosh, Northwest Ward; Kevin Mundy, Southwest Ward; Annette Scippio, East Ward; lames Taylor, Jr., Southeast Ward;
City Manager: Lee D. Garrity
County Commissioners: David R. Plyler, Chair; Don Martin, Vice Chair; Fleming EI-Amin; Ted Kaplan; Richard V. Linville; Tonya McDaniel; Gloria D. Whisenhunt;
Call 311 or 336-727-8000 County Manager: Dudley Watts, Jr.
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utility Commission: Randall S. Tuttle, Chair; L. Wesley Curtis, Jr., Vice Chair; Harold E. Day; Tom Griffin; Yvonne H. Hines;
[e-mail] Duane Long; Hugh W. Jernigan; Chris Parker; Donald R. Stewart; Charles Wilson; Allan Younger