NC0024244_Quarterly Report SOC_20220222

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Engineering
Landscape Architecture
Surveying
January 13, 2022
Mr. W. Corey Basinger
Regional Supervisor, Mooresville
NCDEQ— Division of Water Resources
610 E Center Avenue, Suite 301
Mooresville, NC 281115
Re: Quarterly Report — First Quarter 2022
SOC WQ S19-007
Dear Mr. Basinger:
On behalf of Albemarle, please accept this as a Quarterly Report for the subject Special Order by Consent.
Below is a brief update on the SOC and associated projects:
1. Albemarle received funding through the Division of Water Infrastructure for $16,453,000 in
funding for a major renovation to the Long Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. The primary
objective of the project is to transition the aeration process from the floating aerators over to
diffused aeration. The project would also provide for 8,000,000 gallons of flow equalization
volume to manage peak flow events.
2. The Engineering Report was submitted to the NCDEQ Wastewater Projects Unit on August 25,
2021.
3. A Request for Additional Information was received on November 9th, 2021.
4. The revised Engineering Report was submitted back to the Division of Water Infrastructure on
December 8th, 2021.
5. The project cost has increased to $19,385,000. This was presented to the Albemarle City Council
in December of 2021 and Council re -affirmed their commitment to the project.
6. Albemarle's Council voted to utilize all funds obligated under CS370522-07 on gravity sewer
rehabilitation. The Phase 3 project includes an investment of $6,156,000 on the rehabilitation of
24", 18", 12", and 8" gravity sewer along two major outfalls that are known sources of inflow and
infiltration.
7. The project CS370522-07 is currently in the design phase and will be submitted to DWI for review
February 2022. The project is expected to begin construction in the Summer of 2022 and take
approximately nine months to complete.
If you have any questions, or if we may be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone
at [phone] or by email at [e-mail].
Very Best,
Adam P. Kiker, P.E.
LKC Engineering, PLLC, 140 Aqua Shed Court, Aberdeen, North Carolina 28315
PH: 910/420-1437 * FAX: [phone] * License No. P-1095