20130927Organizational_Structure_-_Kathy_Stecker,_NCDENR

Division of Water Resources 
Overview
Bi‐State Catawba Commission
September 27, 2013
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Consolidation of DWR & DWQ
•DWR consolidated with old DWQ on August 1
•Total personnel: 497
•Personnel distribution:
–Central office: 314
–Asheville Reg. Office: 29
–Fayetteville Reg. Office: 19
–Mooresville Reg. Office: 26
–Raleigh Reg. Office: 34
–Washington Reg. Office: 24
–Wilmington Reg. Office: 22
–Winston‐Salem Reg. Office: 29
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Water Planning Section
Section Chief: Tom Fransen
Staff: 82 people
•Integrated watershed 
management
•Basinwide planning
•WQ & WR Modeling
•Water quality standards
•Water body classifications
•303d Listing
•TMDL development
•Aquatic weed control
•Information technology
•Groundwater planning & 
monitoring
•CCPCUA Program
•Local Water Supply Plans
•Water conservation
•Drought management
•Env document review
•Rule development & 
review
•Nutrient management 
strategies
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Environmental Sciences Section
Section Chief: Dianne Reid
Staff: 40 people
Scientific & Technical Support
•Surface Water Quality Monitoring
–Chemical/Physical
–Phytoplankton
–Benthic Macroinvertebrates
–Fish Communities & Tissue
•Aquatic Toxicology
•Special Water Quality Studies
–Complaints
–Follow‐up Assessments
–Lakes Monitoring
•Estuarine Monitoring 
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Water Permitting Section
Section Chief: Matt Matthews
Staff: 58 people
Point Source Branch
•NPDES Wastewater 
Permitting 
•Wastewater Collection 
System Permitting
•Wastewater Pretreatment 
Program
•Land Application Permits
•Emergency Response
Wetlands Branch
•401 (Wetlands) 
Certifications
•Isolated Wetlands
•Buffer Authorizations
•Mitigation Banking 
Oversight
•Compliance & Enforcement
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Aquifer Protection & Regional Offices
Section Chief: Jay Zimmerman
Staff: 137 people
Aquifer Protection
•CAFO Program
•Underground Injection 
Control Program
•Injection well permitting
•Manage groundwater 
pollution incidents
•Coal ash
Regional Offices (Water Quality)
•Evaluate permit apps.
•Stream call & wetlands 
delineations
•Field visits & compliance 
inspections
•Complaint response
•Response to disasters
•Outreach & assistance
•Enforcement actions
•Surface water monitoring
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Laboratory Section
Section Chief: Kent Wiggins
Staff: 47 people
•Chemical analysis of samples
–Internal & external to DENR
•Organic Chemistry Branch
•Microbiology & metals
•Certification Branch
–Certifies other labs both within and external to NC 
to perform chemical analysis of samples for NC 
regulatory compliance 
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Public Water Supply Section
Section Chief: Jessica Godreau
Staff: 110 people
•Implements Safe Drinking Water Act
•Ensures safe drinking water for NC citizens
•Regulates over 6000 public water supplies in NC
–Serving over 8,000,000 citizens
•Staff in all seven regional offices
•Highest compliance rates in history
•Rulemaking through Comm. for Public Health
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DWR Program Review
•Review of all DWR rules and policies
•Completed by December 31, 2013
•Focus on amending rules that are:
–Conflicting
–Outdated / Unnecessary
–Provide no environmental benefit 
•Outside Involvement Committee
–External stakeholders
–Solicit input as part of program review
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Contact Information
Tom Reeder
Director, NC Division of Water Resources
919‐707‐9027
[e-mail]
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