WQCS00003_Notice of Deficiency_20240325

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Courtney L Driver, Director of Utilities
City of Winston-Salem
PO Box 2511
Winston Salem, NC 27107-9998
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 25, 2024
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
Tracking Number: NOD-2024-DV-0024
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00003
Winston-Salem Collection System
Forsyth County
Dear Ms. Driver:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City
of Winston-Salem. This review has shown the City of Winston-Salem to be in violation of the requirements found
in the subject permit and/or North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1). The violations that occurred are summarized
below:
Incident
Number
Start
Date
Duration
(Mips)
Location
Cause
Total
Vol
(Gals)
Total Vol
Surface
Water
(Gals) DWR Action
202400414
2/5/2024
15
2300 NORTH
Other
25
25 Notice of Deficiency
PATTERSON AVENUE,
WINSTON-SALEM„
27105
202400492
2/19/2024
35
1717 Buena Vista
Debris in line, Pipe
100
100 Notice of Deficiency
Road, Winston Salem,
Failure (Break)
NC, 27104
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Miff Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336.776.9500

Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please note
that the Division of Water Resources (DWR) began assessing civil penalties for severe and/or repeat SSOs
starting December 1, 2007. Enforcement decisions are based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters,
duration, gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills and other factors.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Gary Hudson with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSiTG
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Miff Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336.776.9500