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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00186_2021 System Performance Annual Report_20230127 Town of Highlands System Performance Annual Report (SPAR) For the Year: 2021 I. General Information • Name of regulated entity and county: Town of Highlands Macon County • Responsible entity, persons or contacts: Patrick Taylor – Mayor Josh Ward – Town Manager Lamar Nix, P.E. - Public Works Director Mailing address: Town of Highlands PO Box 460; Highlands, NC 28741 Physical Address: 210 North Fourth Street; Highlands, NC 28741 Phone numbers: 828-421-1187 Patrick Taylor - Mayor 828-526-2118 Lamar Nix, P.E. - Public Works Director 828-526-2595 ” - fax 828-526-5266 Josh Ward – Town Manager 828-526-2695 ” - fax 828-526-0504 Jacob Allen - ORC • Listing of applicable permits: Sewer Collection System: WQCS00186 Wastewater Treatment Plant: NPDES permit # NC0021407 • Description of collection or treatment system or process: Sewer Collection System: The Town of Highlands serves a population of 1075. The collection system consists of 10.88 miles (6.63 miles of gravity & 4.25 miles of force main) of sewer lines and two duplex pump stations. The 2021 CIP was $89,000.00 and total annual revenue for wastewater Collection and treatment was $772,562.73. The Infiltration and Inflow rate during rain events is ~ 1000 gpd. Sewer lines are cleaned twice a year by an independent contractor. In 2021, approximately100 ____% (10% minimum required) of the lines were cleaned. Wastewater Treatment Plant type: 1.5 MGD dual-path SBR (sequencing batch reactor consisting of: 12 inch (US Hwy 64) influent force main;; influent manual by-pass bar screen; influent mechanical bar screen (out-of-service); alternating influent valve vault / flow splitter; dual 0.8 Mgal SBRs (sequencing batch reactors), each with a 25 HP surface floating mechanical mixers, three 100 HP blowers with fine bubble diffusers and motorized inlet valves with timers, gravity decanters (decant weirs), decant valve vault, drain pumping station (sludge from bottom of SBRs pumped to digestors) and dual 3 HP sludge wasting pumps; 331,876 gal post-equalization basin with coarse air diffusers; 21,000 gal post-equalization basin (not in service); dual 4.2 MGD AquaDisk Cloth Media Filter System tertiary filters with emergency by-pass; thickened sludge is pumped to the dual 0.22 Mgal aerobic digestors (old SBR units) with dual 7.5 HP surface floating mechanical mixers and coarse air diffusers; septage collection facility; 0.10 Mgal sludge holding tank with dual 20 HP positive displacement blowers providing course bubble diffused air, decant tube and 1.7 HP submersible decant pump (supernatant is pumped to the head of WWTP); 1 meter Komline-Sanderson Engineering Corp. belt filter press with belt washer booster pump, sludge pump and Polyblend polymer system (cationic polyacrylamide) Superfloc C-496 floculant; filtrate wet well and dual pumps; dual 16 ft x 26 ft sludge vacuum bed (temporary sludge storage, prior to being taken to the Macon County Landfill – permit no: 5703-P01); dual 10 HP Flygt submersible non-clog filtrate vacuum pumps (out of service) and wetwell (filtrate is pumped back to head of WWTP); dual 4.2 MGD Wedeco ultra-violet disinfection units; 60 degree v-notch weir; Isco 3500 refrigerated flow proportional composite sampler; Isco 3010 ultrasonic flow measurement with totalizer; post aeration step cascade; Cummings diesel emergency generator; and ~ 400 linear feet of 8-inch gravity line to outfall. II. Performance • Description of overall 12 month performance, noting highlights and deficiencies. January – December: There were no violations during 2021. • By month, list of the number and type of any violations of permit conditions, environmental regulations or environmental laws, including (but not limited to): Permit Limit Violations - There were no violations during 2021. Monitoring and Reporting Violations - There were no violations during2021. (Illegal) Bypass of treatment facilities* - There were no bypasses during2021. Sanitary Sewer Overflows* - There were no SSOs during 2021. *Note estimated total monthly volumes and locations of events in which more than 1,000 gallons of waste reached surface waters. • Description of any known environmental impact of violations - None • Description of corrective measures taken to address violations or deficiencies – N/A III. Notification • Statement as to how users or customers have been provided access to the report. A copy of this report is made available to the public by Public Notice in the local newspaper (The Highlander). IV. Certification • Statement by a responsible official certifying the report is accurate and complete. NC Certified Operators: Sewer Collection System ORC (Operator in Responsible Charge): Robert D McHahan; CS 1 Cert. # 988457 Sewer Collection System Back-up ORCs (Operator in Responsible Charge): Brian Tallent; CS 2 Cert. # 101095 Wastewater Treatment Plant ORC (Operator in Responsible Charge): Jacob M Allen; WW IV Cert. # 1005247 Wastewater Treatment Plant Back-up ORC (Operator in Responsible Charge): Randy A Bumgarner WW IV Cert # 997665. To the best if my knowledge, this report is accurate and complete. Signature Dawn James Title Water Treatment Plant Operator Date 1-27-2023 Notes by DWQ: It shall be left to the individual applicable entities to decide both how much detail above minimum they wish to provide in the report and how they will provide the report to their users or customers. This law was established to provide a mechanism for public oversight (and hopefully, to instill public confidence). Those entities that fall under the scope of this part of the law are encouraged to be forthcoming in their report and they should provide its readers a contact where they may view more detailed information. To satisfy the Departmental reporting requirement, three copies of the report should be submitted to the following address: System Performance Annual Report North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Annual reports must be submitted within 60 days of the end of the applicable 12-month review period. You may base your report on either a calendar year or a fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) time frame.