NC0025496_Correspondence_20240215

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Memorandum:
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
February 15, 2024
Logan Kluttz, P.E.
Division of Water Infrastructure
DocuSigned by:
Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Regional Supervisor LXt" H M4t,t,Division of Water Resources - Mooresville Regional OOF161 FB69A2D84A3...
Lincolnton WWTP
NPDES Permit NCO025496
Lincoln County
DWR-WQROS staff have inspected the Lincolnton WWTP and are aware of the emergency
situation with regard to their clarifiers at the plant. One of the two clarifiers is structurally
unsound and inoperable, leaving Lincolnton with only one remaining in operation and no
redundancy in case of needed repairs to the system. These clarifiers are essential elements
of the treatment process and failure could result in wastewater discharges to the South
Fork Catawba River, a class WS-IV (Water Supply IV) waterway in the Catawba Basin.
Additionally, two return activated sludge pumps (RAS) are antiquated and in need of
replacement.
WQROS supports an emergency loan to Lincolnton to resolve these matters and return the
WWTP to full functionality to protect water resources and prevent an imminent potential
public health hazard.
Should you need additional information regarding the matter, feel free to contact me
(Andrew. Pitner0deq.nc.gov) or Wes Bell, (Wes.BellOdeq.nc.gov), MRO's NPDES inspector
for the facility.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
D � Mooresville Regional Office 1 601 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 1 Mooresville, NC 28115
NORTHCARCUNA 704.663.1699