NC0032565_Staff Comments_20230630 (3)

Special Order by Consent: North
Lenoir High School Narrative
Lenoir County, forth Carolina
June 2023
TWC Project No.: 2551-AA

IV. Necessi& Narrative
Lenoir County Public Schools currently owns and operates a 0.018 MGD wastewater treatment system
(NC0032565) located at North Lenoir High School which discharges into an unnamed tributary to Wheat
Swamp. The existing system has ongoing and documented deficiencies related to both the flow and
element parameters exceeding their permitted capacities. After an on -site visit, it is believed that central
sources of the deficiencies stem from use of the plant beyond its useful service life and a high degree of
solids and total suspended solids passing though the treatment train. Solids are allowed to pass through
the train given the high degree of material loss due to rust and corrosion.
Issues have also arisen from the intermittent use pattern of the plant. Given the nature of the influent
flow being limited to use during school hours and the school calendar, the plant experiences large
windows of time in which there is no influent flow entering the plant. Without a consistent feed, the plant
struggles to maintain harmonious mixed liquid which impacts its ability to efficiently treat the influent
waste stream. These deficiencies have led to multiple Notice of Violations and Civil Penalties issued by
the North Carolina Division of Water Resources.
The Wooten Company has evaluated two primary alternatives with a goal of assisting Lenoir County and
Lenoir County Schools to alleviate the ongoing treatment issues of the North Lenoir High School WWTP.
Through the analysis of these alternatives, the County has chosen to decommission the existing North
Lenoir High School WWTP and discharge the wastewater from North Lenoir High School into the City of
Kinston gravity collection system via a new transmission system.
V. Certification
Lenoir County Public Schools wishes to replace the existing WWTP with a new pump station and merge
assets with the City of Kinston to reduce the risk of failing to meet permit treatment requirements.
Included this application is a technical memo prepared by The Wooten Company for Lenoir County Schools
which provides a comparison of feasible alternatives to alleviate the ongoing treatment issues of
the North Lenoir High School wastewater treatment system.
VI. Predicted Compliance Schedule
Task
Enter into SOC
Engineering Design
Obtain Permits
Advertise, Bid, and Award Project
Complete Construction
Achieve SOC Compliance
VYI, Fundim Sources Identification
Completion
July 2023
December 2023
January 2024
February 2024
January 2025
February 2025
Lenoir County will fund the proposed project with funds obtained through the American Rescue Plan Act
(ARPA).