NC0068888_Annual Report 2015_20150331

March 31',2015 RECEIVED/DENR/DWR
41R - 62015
System Performance Annual Report Water Quality
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617
Dallas Wastewater Plant,NPDES Permit#NC 0068888
Dear Sir:
Enclosed you will fmd copies of the Annual Performance Report for the year 2014 for the Wastewater
Plant Operation and Discharge for the Town of Dallas,North Carolina. We believe the reports to be
complete and accurate. Copies of this report will be made available to customers and the general public at
the Town Municipal Operation Center in April,2015.
A copy of the above is being sent to Central Files in Raleigh.
If you have any questions,please advise.
Sincerely,
Jon A.Page
Wastewater Plant ORC
Cc: Mr.Bill Trudnak,Director of Public Works
Mr.Rick Coleman,Mayor
Mr.Jim Palenick,Town Manager
Enc.

TOWN OF DALLAS
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
RECEIVEDIDENRIDWR
APR - 6 2015
Water Quality
Permitting Section
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT
For the calendar year 2014
Prepared: March 2015

2014 Annual Performance Report
For the
Town of Dallas
Wastewater Treatment Facility
I. General Information
Facility/System Name: Town of Dallas Wastewater Treatment Plant
Responsible Entity: Town of Dallas
Person in Charge/Contact: Jon A. Page
Wastewater Treatment ORC
700 E. Ferguson St.
Dallas, NC 28034-1726
[phone]
Description of Collection System or Treatment Process:
The Town of Dallas Wastewater Treatment Plant consists of two 0.3 MGD process
trains with subsequent discharge to an unnamed tributary of Long Creek (Class C)
in the Catawba River Basin. The Unit processes include a manually cleaned bar
rack, a parshall flume for influent flow measurement, a secondary manually
cleaned bar rack, dual circular extended aeration basins with integral clarifiers,
post aeration, and sludge digesters. The treated effluent is chlorinated then de-
chlorinated prior to discharge. Digested sludge is transported in liquid form, Land
Applied on permitted farmland. Southern Soil Builders have a contract with the
Town of Dallas to provide this transportation and application of sludge per Permit
WO0020912, dated May 15th, 2008. There are analytical results and site maps
available at the Waste Water Office. The sludge applied to permitted fields in
2014 was 760,500 gallons. In addition to the Land Application, The Town of Dallas
has continued to utilize the WSACC Incinerator as needed for disposal of
biosolids. There were no bio solids transported to WSACC at Rocky River
Treatment Plant in 2014. Sand drying beds are also provided on site. They can
be used when available. The plant is currently averaging a daily flow of 0.369
MGD. The Town of Dallas operates on its permit which became effective on
February 1st, 2015, in this permit, there was a new condition added for the Town to
add statements concerning any efforts that are being made to make connections to
the City of Gastonia's Long Creek Plant and eliminate the existing discharge. At
this time, the Town is conducting Engineering Studies to discuss the possibility of
an interconnection for redirection of flows during rain events, i.e., heavy flow
occurrences, which would flow to the Long Creek Plant. The Town has begun to
implement the changes that would make the interconnection complete.
II. Compliance Performance
Town of Dallas
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2014 Annual Performance Report
For the
Town of Dallas
Wastewater Treatment Facility
I. General Information
Facility/System Name: Town of Dallas Wastewater Treatment Plant
Responsible Entity: Town of Dallas
Person in Charge/Contact: Jon A. Page
Wastewater Treatment ORC
700 E. Ferguson St.
Dallas, NC 28034-1726
[phone]
Description of Collection System or Treatment Process:
The Town of Dallas Wastewater Treatment Plant consists of two 0.3 MGD process
trains with subsequent discharge to an unnamed tributary of Long Creek (Class C)
in the Catawba River Basin. The Unit processes include a manually cleaned bar
rack, a parshall flume for influent flow measurement, a secondary manually
cleaned bar rack, dual circular extended aeration basins with integral clarifiers,
post aeration, and sludge digesters. The treated effluent is chlorinated then de-
chlorinated prior to discharge. Digested sludge is transported in liquid form, Land
Applied on permitted farmland. Southern Soil Builders have a contract with the
Town of Dallas to provide this transportation and application of sludge per Permit
WQ0020912, dated May 15th, 2008. There are analytical results and site maps
available at the Waste Water Office. The sludge applied to permitted fields in
2014 was 760,500 gallons. In addition to the Land Application, The Town of Dallas
has continued to utilize the WSACC Incinerator as needed for disposal of
biosolids. There were no bio solids transported to WSACC at Rocky River
Treatment Plant in 2014. Sand drying beds are also provided on site. They can
be used when available. The plant is currently averaging a daily flow of 0.369
MGD. The Town of Dallas operates on its permit which became effective on
February 1st, 2015, in this permit, there was a new condition added for the Town to
add statements concerning any efforts that are being made to make connections to
the City of Gastonia's Long Creek Plant and eliminate the existing discharge. At
this time, the Town is conducting Engineering Studies to discuss the possibility of
an interconnection for redirection of flows during rain events, i.e., heavy flow
occurrences, which would flow to the Long Creek Plant. The Town has begun to
implement the changes that would make the interconnection complete.
II. Compliance Performance
Town of Dallas
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The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(NCDENR) regulate the Town of Dallas effluent discharge under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). The NCDENR issued to the
Town a NPDES Permit, # NC0068888 which includes water quality limits and
sampling and monitoring requirements. The NPDES Permit requires the Town to
test 12 different constituents in the treated water. The monitoring frequency for
these constituents are set at various intervals such as continuous, daily, weekly,
monthly, and quarterly. As in the past year, The City of Gastonia Wastewater
Division Laboratory (certification. # 210) has been contracted by the Town of
Dallas to collect, transport, analyze, and report the results in a timely manner to
the Town for DMR Reporting and accurate process control of treatment
processes. Environmental Testing Solutions Laboratory (Certification # 600) has
been conducting the Quarterly Chronic Toxicity Tests. All Flow Instrumentation
and Calibration was performed by the Ken Nash Company. All calibration
records are available in the Wastewater Office. The Town of Dallas Public
Works continues its Pro-Active Approach towards the Treatment of Wastewater.
Town Officials have contracted Piedmont Pump and Valve Service to schedule
and perform Preventative Maintenance on all System Major Equipment. The
Emergency Diesel Pump on-site still serves as a third Main Lift Pump. This can
be utilized during rainstorms, and high flow events. The Pump Station has two
(2) Gorman Rupp Pumps with High and Low Speed Capabilities. These pumps
are rebuilt with new rotating assemblies as needed also by Piedmont Pump and
Valve Service. The Main Lift Station now has a 5,000 gallon steel tank, which is
from Univar USA, for PH/Alkalinity adjustments. The tank contains a Liquid Lime
Slurry of 35% solution to be trickled in by gravity at plant influent. Management
continues to monitor system results to determine if this will be cost effective and
become a permanent part of the treatment process. The Public Works Collection
System Personnel are still involved in a Grease Augmentation Program with
Maryland Bio-Chemical Company at the Town's Lift Stations and at the Waste
Treatment Plant as well. The Town has performed preventive maintenance on
the Plant's Emergency Generator. This unit is available to carry the entire Plant
and Main Lift Station 24 hours per day, 7 days per week with Automatic
Switching capability. Following is a summary of the testing for the parameters,
which are assigned Water Quality standards by the NPDES Permit.
Number of Tests Number of Tests
Constituent Required Conducted*
Flow Continuous Continuous
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) 156 208
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) 156 208
Ammonia (NH3 as N) 156 208
Fecal Coliform 156 208
Town of Dallas
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Total Residual Chlorine 156 156
pH 156 156
Dissolved Oxygen 156 156
Temperature 260 260
Toxicity 4 4
Total Phosphorus 4 4
Total Nitrogen 4 4
Following is a Summary of the plants compliance for the year 2014:
January: Compliant
February: Compliant
March: Non-Compliant-Effluent Temperature-Not Sampled
April: Compliant
May: Non Compliant-Violation BOD Weekly Average
June: Compliant
July: Compliant
August: Compliant
September: Compliant
October: Compliant
November: Compliant
December: Compliant
All Quarterly Chronic Toxicity Tests run by Environmental Testing Solutions in
Asheville, N.C. have passed during this calendar year. The plant was inspected by Mr.
Wes Bell of NCDENR on June 10t , 2014. There is a compliance evaluation inspection
report available in the wastewater plant office for review.
Town of Dallas
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III. Certification
I have personally examined and am familiar with the information submitted in this
document and attachments. Based upon my inquiry of those individuals
immediately responsible for obtaining the information reported herein, I believe
that the submitted information is true, accurate and complete. I am aware that
there are significant penalties for submitting false information.
Signed this 31st day of March, 2015
A eaoI�
Jon Page,
Plant ORI
Town of Dallas
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TOWN OF DALLAS
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT
For the calendar year 2014
Prepared: March 2015

2014 Annual Performance Report
For the
Town of Dallas
Wastewater Treatment Facility
I. General Information
Facility/System Name: Town of Dallas Wastewater Treatment Plant
Responsible Entity: Town of Dallas
Person in Charge/Contact: Jon A. Page
Wastewater Treatment ORC
700 E. Ferguson St.
Dallas, NC 28034-1726
[phone]
Description of Collection System or Treatment Process:
The Town of Dallas Wastewater Treatment Plant consists of two 0.3 MGD process
trains with subsequent discharge to an unnamed tributary of Long Creek (Class C)
in the Catawba River Basin. The Unit processes include a manually cleaned bar
rack, a parshall flume for influent flow measurement, a secondary manually
cleaned bar rack, dual circular extended aeration basins with integral clarifiers,
post aeration, and sludge digesters. The treated effluent is chlorinated then de-
chlorinated prior to discharge. Digested sludge is transported in liquid form, Land
Applied on permitted farmland. Southern Soil Builders have a contract with the
Town of Dallas to provide this transportation and application of sludge per Permit
WO0020912, dated May 15th, 2008. There are analytical results and site maps
available at the Waste Water Office. The sludge applied to permitted fields in
2014 was 760,500 gallons. In addition to the Land Application, The Town of Dallas
has continued to utilize the WSACC Incinerator as needed for disposal of
biosolids. There were no bio solids transported to WSACC at Rocky River
Treatment Plant in 2014. Sand drying beds are also provided on site. They can
be used when available. The plant is currently averaging a daily flow of 0.369
MGD. The Town of Dallas operates on its permit which became effective on
February 1st, 2015, in this permit, there was a new condition added for the Town to
add statements concerning any efforts that are being made to make connections to
the City of Gastonia's Long Creek Plant and eliminate the existing discharge. At
this time, the Town is conducting Engineering Studies to discuss the possibility of
an interconnection for redirection of flows during rain events, i.e., heavy flow
occurrences, which would flow to the Long Creek Plant. The Town has begun to
implement the changes that would make the interconnection complete.
II. Compliance Performance
Town of Dallas
Page 2 of 5

The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(NCDENR) regulate the Town of Dallas effluent discharge under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). The NCDENR issued to the
Town a NPDES Permit, # NC0068888 which includes water quality limits and
sampling and monitoring requirements. The NPDES Permit requires the Town to
test 12 different constituents in the treated water. The monitoring frequency for
these constituents are set at various intervals such as continuous, daily, weekly,
monthly, and quarterly. As in the past year, The City of Gastonia Wastewater
Division Laboratcry (certification. # 210) has been contracted by the Town of
Dallas to collect, transport, analyze, and report the results in a timely manner to
the Town for DMR Reporting and accurate process control of treatment
processes. Environmental Testing Solutions Laboratory (Certification # 600) has
been conducting the Quarterly Chronic Toxicity Tests. All Flow Instrumentation
and Calibration was performed by the Ken Nash Company. All calibration
records are available in the Wastewater Office. The Town of Dallas Public
Works continues its Pro-Active Approach towards the Treatment of Wastewater.
Town Officials have contracted Piedmont Pump and Valve Service to schedule
and perform Preventative Maintenance on all System Major Equipment. The
Emergency Diesel Pump on-site still serves as a third Main Lift Pump. This can
be utilized during rainstorms, and high flow events. The Pump Station has two
(2) Gorman Rupp Pumps with High and Low Speed Capabilities. These pumps
are rebuilt with new rotating assemblies as needed also by Piedmont Pump and
Valve Service. The Main Lift Station now has a 5,000 gallon steel tank, which is
from Univar USA, for PH/Alkalinity adjustments. The tank contains a Liquid Lime
Slurry of 35% solution to be trickled in by gravity at plant influent. Management
continues to monitor system results to determine if this will be cost effective and
become a permanent part of the treatment process. The Public Works Collection
System Personnel are still involved in a Grease Augmentation Program with
Maryland Bio-Chemical Company at the Town's Lift Stations and at the Waste
Treatment Plant as well. The Town has performed preventive maintenance on
the Plant's Emergency Generator. This unit is available to carry the entire Plant
and Main Lift Station 24 hours per day, 7 days per week with Automatic
Switching capability. Following is a summary of the testing for the parameters,
which are assigned Water Quality standards by the NPDES Permit.
Number of Tests Number of Tests
Constituent Required Conducted*
Flow Continuous Continuous
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) 156 208
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) 156 208
Ammonia (NH3 as N) 156 208
Fecal Coliform 156 208
Town of Dallas
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Total Residual Chlorine 156 156
pH 156 156
Dissolved Oxygen 156 156
Temperature 260 260
Toxicity 4 4
Total Phosphorus 4 4
Total Nitrogen 4 4
Following is a Summary of the plants compliance for the year 2014:
January: Compliant
February: Compliant
March: Non-Compliant-Effluent Temperature-Not Sampled
April: Compliant
May: Non Compliant-Violation BOD Weekly Average
June: Compliant
July: Compliant
August: Compliant
September: Compliant
October: Compliant
November: Compliant
December: Compliant
All Quarterly Chronic Toxicity Tests run by Environmental Testing Solutions in
Asheville, N.C. have passed during this calendar year. The plant was inspected by Mr.
Wes Bell of NCDENR on June 10 , 2014. There is a compliance evaluation inspection
report available in the wastewater plant office for review.
Town of Dallas
Page 4 of 5

Ill. Certification
I have personally examined and am familiar with the information submitted in this
document and attachments. Based upon my inquiry of those individuals
immediately responsible for obtaining the information reported herein, I believe
that the submitted information is true, accurate and complete. I am aware that
there are significant penalties for submitting false information.
Signed this 31st day of March, 2015
Jon A. age, Plant ORCO
Town of Dallas
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