NC0086550_Performance Annual Report 2013_20140227

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2013 Performance Annual Report
I. General Information
Facility/System Name: Town of Fairmont
Responsible Entity: Town of Fairmont
Person in Charge/Contact: Dennis Freeman
Applicable Permit(s): NC0086550
WQCS 00097
Description of Treatment Process:
The WWTP began operation the second week of June, 2002. The plant has a mechanical bar
screen at the former plant site with 3 pumps that pump sewer to the current plant, which also
has another step bar screen. The plant has two aeration basins, two clarifiers, two digesters,
one sludge holding basin, chlorination with liquid bleach and de -chlorination along with
three pumps that pump effluent to the river. Both locations have back-up generators. The
facility is located at 129 Woodrow Rd., Orrum, North Carolina.
Description of Collection System:
The Collection System consists of approximately 19 miles of gravity sewer, 2 miles of
pressure sewer and 13 miles of force main with 5 duplex stations. We have generator back-
up for all lift stations and all stations have telephone alarm dialers plus lights and horns for
power outages and other emergencies.
II. Performance
Text Summary of System Performance for Calendar Year 2013:
There were two sewer overflows in June 2013 dues to a cracked sewer outfall line on Powell
Street. The first overflow was 5,000 gallons on June 7, 2013 and the second was 8,000
gallons on June 10, 2013. Frank Horne Construction repaired the line in two places.
Fairmont received a grant/loan to replace and rehab bad sewer outfall lines. Frank Horne
Construction began working on the line replacement/rehab project in October 2013 and the
work for Phase I should be completed in Spring 2014.
Total Mercury was 19.1 ng/L in October 2013.

List (by month) any violations of permit conditions or other environmental regulations.
Monthly lists should include discussion of any environmental impacts and corrective
measures taken to address violations.
Fairmont Effluent Limits (New Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant)
BOD
TSS.
Fecal Coliform
Ammonia Nitrogen
Total Residual Chlorine
Chronic Toxicity
Total Mercury
Weekly Average
22.5 MG/L
45.0 MG/L
400/100 ML
12.0 MG/L
28 ug/l daily max
pass/fail test done quarterly
Monthly Average
15.0 MG/L
30.0 MG/L
200/100 ML
4.0 MG/L
12 ng/L
III. Notification
State how this report has been made available to users or customers of the system and
how those users have been notified of its availability.
Public notice summarizing this report was placed in the local paper, "The Robeson Journal."
Citizens were also informed that a copy of the performance report was available at Town
Hall, 421 South Main Street, Fairmont, NC. A copy of this report was posted on the town's
website www.fairmontnc.com.
IV.
Certification
I certify under penalty of law this report is complete and accurate to the best of my
knowledge. I further certify that this report has been made available to the users or
customers of the named system and that those users have been notified of its availability.
Dennis Freeman, ORC
Town of Fairmont
February 27, 2014
Date

Public Notice
The North Carolina Clean Water Act of 1999 requires that each owner or
operator of any wastewater plant or collection system provide an annual
performance report to its users and customers.
The Town of Fairmont owns its wastewater collections system and the
wastewater facility located at 129 Woodrow Rd in Orrum, North Carolina.
A copy of the Town's 2013 performance report can be obtained at the
Fairmont Town Hall on 421 South Main Street or you can call and request
one at 628-9766.
Jenny Larson, NCCMC
Town Clerk
The Robeson Journal -
NOTES TO THE EDITOR:
Fax [phone] Contact: [phone]
Please place a 2 X 3 Display Ad in the next edition of the Robeson Journal. Please
send the invoice and the affidavit of publication to:
Town of Fairmont
Attn: Jenny Larson
P.O. Box 248
Fairmont, NC 28340
Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]
Thank you.