NC0026697_NOVNOI2024LV0005_Response_20240110

From:Armeni, Lauren E
To:Armeni, Lauren E
Subject:FW: [External] Notice of Violation - NC0026697 - NOVNOI2024LV0005
Date:Wednesday, January 10, 2024 1:00:07 PM
Lauren Armeni
Environmental Specialist II – Asheville Regional Office
Water Quality Regional Operations
Division of Water Resources
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
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From: Dustin Beal <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 12:58 PM
To: Boss, Daniel J <[e-mail]>; Armeni, Lauren E <[e-mail]>
Cc: Dustin Beal <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Notice of Violation
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Hi Daniel,
I hope this email finds you well. I am the Director of the Clay County Water & Sewer District and I am emailing in
regards to the Notice of Violation we received back in November of 2023. We exceeded our limit of Fecal Coliform
on 11-4-23 and this was due to both blowers at our wastewater plant going down. We had to replace the compressor
on one and had to replace the starter on the other and each is working properly now. We also blew our permit on
Fecal Coliform as well as Nitrogen levels on 11-18-23. Upon investigation we learned that our chlorine pump was
working when samples were collected first thing in the morning and between that time and the time the remaining
samples were collected the pump had gone down while we were away from the plant. Upon arrival back to the plant
the guys noticed that the pump had stopped working having lost pressure in the line and so the hose feeding chlorine
to the pump as well as the line itself which supplies the chlorine to the plant was replaced along with the internal
spring inside the pump. Once these replacements and improvements were made the pump as well as all lines and
hoses have been working properly.
Let me know if you have any additional questions and I’ll be happy to provide any additional feedback as necessary.
Thank you,
Dusty Beal
Clay County Water & Sewer District
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