WQ0001086_Annual Performance_20230202

Town of Spring Lake
Wastewater Collection System
System Performance Report
January 1, 2022 — December 31, 2022
General Information
Facility/System Name
Town of Spring Lake
Responsible Entity
Town of Spring Lake
Collection System ORC
Roy L Lowder
Collection Systems Contact
Tim Garner, Water Resources Director
Collection System Permit
W CS00105
WWTP and Land Application ORC
Richard Mendez
WWTP Contact
Tim Garner, Water Resources Director
WWTP Discharge Permit
NC0030970
Land Application Bio Solids Permit
W 0001086
Wastewater Treatment Plant and Collection System
The Town of Spring Lake owns and operates its own wastewater treatment system. The
wastewater treatment system consists of two sanitary sewer lift stations and a 1.5 MGD
wastewater treatment plant. Wastewater Treatment Plant is a Dual Train, Extended Aeration
Plant with Secondary Clarification for the separation of liquids and solids, Post Aeration,
Chlorination and De -Chlorination. Aerobic Digestion has been supplemented with Lime
Stabilization to ensure that the treated Bio-solids produced after plant processing, meet EPA and
NCDWQ regulations prior to disposal by land application. A monthly report of plant
performance as determined by Laboratory analysis is submitted to the NCDWQ and an annual
Bio-solids application report and Laboratory analysis is submitted to the EPA and NCDWQ
Non -Discharge Branch. The plant is also responsible for two lift stations in the town's collection
system.
The Town of Spring Lake also owns and maintains approximately 46 miles of gravity sewer line
and 2500 feet of force main sewer line. All aerial crossing and rights -of -way are inspected twice
yearly and after large storm/flooding events to ensure compliance with the Towns collection
permit.
Compliance Performance
The Spring Lake Wastewater Treatment plant received the following violations during the 2022
calendar year:
• No violations were received during the 2022 calendar year
The Spring Lake collections system did not have a reportable sanitary sewer overflow during the
2022 calendar year. t

Wastewater Treatment Plant Monthly and Yearly Flow
The following table summarizes the amount of raw wastewater treated and released into the
Little River.
Flow(gallons)
AveDaily Flow GD
January 2022
31,308,000
1.12
February 2022
26,619,000
0.86
March 2022
31,993,000
1.07
April 2022
27,170,000
0.88
May 2022
26,416,000
0.88
June 2022
23,440,000
0.76
July 2022
27,040,000
0.87
August 2022
26,232,000
0.87
September 2022
26,461,000
0.85
October 2022
28,562,000
0.95
November 2022
24,565,000
0.79
December 2022
26,979,000
0.87
Total
326,7859000
0.89
Notification
A copy of this report has been posted on the Town of Spring Lake website
(www.townofspringlake. com).
Certification
I certify under penalty of law that 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 syst and that those users have been notified of its availability.
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Tim Garner, Water Resources Director Date