WQCS00108_Response to NOV-2021-DV-0358_20210901

Water & Sewer
Authority
TUCKASEIGEE I
SERVING JAC"ON COUNTY
1246 West Main Street
Sylva, NC 28779
September 1, 2021
Asheville Regional Office- NCDEQ-DWR
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Attn: Daniel Boss, Assistant Regional Supervisor
2090 US Highway 70
Swannanoa, NC 28778
Ref: Tuckaseigee Water & Sewer Authority
Collection System Permit WQCS00108
Tracking #: NOV-2021-DV-0358
Incident #: 202101785
Dear Mr. Boss. -
This letter is provided in response to your correspondence that was received via email on
August 30, 2021.
As reported on August 17, 2021, there was 800 gallons of Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO)
into nearby Scotts Creek, entering from manhole S201 EA12, caused by heavy rain from
Tropical Storm Fred, dumping 5-10 inches of rain per hour. Once reported TWSA
immediately dispatched a crew to the site and verified that the manhole was overflowing.
Once the ORC got onsite, the rain had slacked off and the flow had receded back into the
manhole and TWSA lines. TWSA crew cleaned and spread lime around the manhole, but
no other measures were taken due to the flow going back to normal.
TWSA will be scheduling a smoke test of the entire up stream area this fall when the
leaves are down. This area will cover from Sylva to the Addie community. Once the smoke
test have been completed TWSA will take proper measure to correct any I & I problems
that may be found. This may require funding assistance, but will be prioritized within our
CIP.
TWSA is an Equal Opportunity Service Provider
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website www.twsanc.us

I am proud that our staff continues to be committed to making sure issues like this, while
extremely rare, are addressed immediately with a sense of urgency. We will continue to
make contact with your agency in a timely manner to report an issue as is appropriate
and more importantly we will work to mitigate the impacts and solve the problems that are
the source. We hope this is reflected in our efforts to address this problem as soon as it
was discovered.
Please contact us with any questions on this matter.
Respectfully yours,
Daniel Manring
Executive Director
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Troy E. Xmmons
Collection System ORC (#995178)
TWSA is an Equal Opportunity Service Provider
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website www.twsanc.us

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August 30, 2021
Daniel Manring
Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority
Email: [e-mail]
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0358
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - August 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00108
Tuckaseigee Collection System
Jackson County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer
Authority indicates violations of permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S.
143-215.1. Violations include failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so
that there is no SSO to the land or surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of
G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required.
Specific incident(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Incident Start Duration Total SurfaceVol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101785 8/17/2021 60 245 Skyland Drive Severe Natural 800 800 Notice of Violation
Condition
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations.
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Stephanie Williams with the Water Quality Section
in the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at [e-mail].
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