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City of Thomasville
Thomasville, North Carolina 27360
Utilities Department
Lon T. Snider
Regional Supervisor
WQROS, WSRO, DWQ, NCDEQ
450 W. Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
18 February 2020
RE: Intent to Enforce Letter Response
Incident Number 201901831
Dear Mr. Snider,
In response to the letter of Intent to Enforce of 03 February 2020 the City of Thomasville asks
that the following be taken in ns ration:
Regarding incident 019019 - The manual barscreen became clogged due to a large amount
of debris that was introduced direc y into the pump station from a bypass pumping system that had
been set up by the contractor that is performing the Hank's Branch Phase 1 Rehabilitation immediately
upstream of this station. We were unaware that the contractor would be running the bypass pump to
facilitate CIPP lining of a segment of the project line on the Saturday of this event. Most of the work
has taken place during the normal Monday through Friday work week and we have been able to keep
an eye on the pump station and make sure that the headworks grinder and barscreen are not
overwhelmed, but in this instance we did not have personnel on hand as we were unaware of the
contractor's intent to work that Saturday. On -Call Personnel were able to respond quickly and stop this
event in very short order.
The volume of wastewater spilled was nominal, duration of the event was brief and there were
no known impacts to public health, fish kills, or recreational area closures as a result. The contractor
and Construction Inspector have been advised to clear any Saturday work with City Personnel for the
duration of the project to prevent a recurrence.
The City of Thomasville asks that the circumstances surrounding this event as well as the
ongoing efforts to upgrade all aspects of the sanitary sewer collection system be taken into account
with any enforcement action considered.
Sincerely, I 1/f
CC: Kelly Craver
Morgan Huffman
Public Services Director
City of Thomasville
336-475-4220