WQ0043421_Flow Reduction Approval_20220404

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1611 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919.707.9000
April 4, 2022
Mr. David Hughes, Member Manager
Nest Communities, LLC
236 Raceway Drive, Suite 7
Mooresville, NC 28117
Subject: Residential Flow Reduction Approval
Shinn Village Subdivision
Iredell County
Dear Mr. Hughes:
On October 14, 2021, the Division of Water Resources (Division) received a request for an
adjusted daily sewage flow rate (flow reduction) that would apply to all permitted but not yet
tributary residential connections and all future residential connections within the Shinn Village
Subdivision service area. Additional information was requested by the Division and was received
on March 7, 2022 and March 8, 2022.
In accordance with 15A NCAC 02T .0114(f)(2), the Division has evaluated the request, and
based on the data submitted, the Division hereby approves for use by Nest Communities, LLC an
adjusted daily sewage design flow rate with the following conditions:
The flow reduction is applicable to residential single-family dwellings only.
The minimum flow for 1- and 2- bedroom dwellings shall be 180 gallons per day.
Each additional bedroom above two bedrooms shall increase the volume by 90 gallons
per day per bedroom.
This flow reduction shall not apply to sewer extension applications and/or permits for any
other public or private organizations whose wastewater flows are or might become
tributary to the Shinn Village Subdivision collection system.
Future sewer extension applications should be made using the flow reduction amount stated
above. All other aspects of the permitting process remain unchanged, and all applications must
be in compliance with the statutes, rules, regulations and minimum design criteria as certified by
the owner and engineer.
Regardless of the adjusted design daily wastewater flow rate, at no time shall the wastewater
flows exceed the effluent limits defined in the permit for the treatment facility or exceed the
capacity of the sewers downstream of any new sewer extension or service connection(s).
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1611 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919.707.9000
In accordance with 15A NCAC 02T .0114(f), the Division periodically requires reassessment of
wastewater flow data associated with the collection system or the receiving wastewater treatment
plant as applicable to confirm the suitability of the approved flow reduction value. Nest
Communities, LLC shall submit documented, representative data in accordance with 15A NCAC
02T .0114(f)(1)(A-H) prior to April 30, 2030. Failure to submit the required data by this date
will result in this flow reduction approval letter becoming null and void. Upon review of the
data, the Division shall either reapprove, modify or not grant reapproval for the previously
approved flow reduction value.
The granting of this flow reduction does not prohibit the Division from reopening, revoking,
reissuing and/or modifying the flow reduction as allowed by the laws, rules, and regulations
contained in 15A NCAC 02T, NCGS 143-215.1, or as needed to address changes in State and/or
Federal regulations with respect to wastewater collection systems, protection of surface waters,
and/or wastewater treatment.
If you have any questions, please contact Charlie Miller, P.E. at [phone] or by email at
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
for Richard E. Rogers, Jr.
Director, Division of Water Resources
by Michael Montebello
Municipal Permitting Unit, Division of Water Resources, DEQ
CC: Annie Foxworth, MacConnell & Associates, P.C.
[e-mail])
Gary MacConnell, P.E., MacConnell & Associates, P.C.
[e-mail])
Mooresville Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations
Municipal Permitting Unit (electronic copy)
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