WQCS00055_NOV-2024-DV-0081 Response to Notice_20240319

City of Henderson
Public Works Department
Post Office Box 1434 • 900 S. Beckford Drive
Henderson, NC 27536-1434
Phone: [phone] / Fax: [phone]
March 19, 2024
Mr. Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
1628 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1628
Re: Response to Notice of Violation
Tracking No. – NOV-2024-DV-0081
Sanitary Sewer Overflows – January 2024
Henderson Collection System
Permit No. – WQCS00055
Dear Mr. Vinson:
I am writing in response to the above-mentioned violation that we received on February 27, 2024. The
overflow incidents listed were due to inflow and infiltration during extended periods of heavy rainfall.
Once the rain event ended, the overflow subsided. Following the overflows, we cleaned debris and
placed lime as needed.
Henderson has hired a consultant, WK Dickson, to assist our efforts in reducing I/I. With their help the
City of Henderson received and accepted a loan in the amount of $2.5 million and a $5 million grant
from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for sewer rehabilitation. We are scheduled for a kickoff
preconstruction meeting with HG Reynolds, our construction contractor, on Monday March 25. We are
using every resource available to stop sewer overflows in our system.
We take our responsibility to maintain compliance for our collection system very seriously. I trust that
you find the City’s actions for compliance are satisfactory. Thank you very much for the opportunity to
respond. Please feel free to contact our staff or myself should you need any further information.
Sincerely,
Lee Owen
Public Works Director
CC: Edward Terrell Blackmon, City Manager
Joey Long, Assistant Public Works Director/Utilities Division – Collection System ORC
Christy Lipscomb, Water Resources Director/ORC
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