NC0073679_Correspondence_20040225

Heater
Utilities
WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES
February 25, 2004
Mr. Charles Weaver
N.C. Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699.1617
202 MacKenan Court
Cary, North Cerohna 27511
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]
P.O. Draw 4889, Cary, NC 27519
Re: Nitrogen Monitoring on Well Water Filter Backwash Facilities
Dear Charles:
Enclosed please find the limits pages for the following NPDES permits
for discharge of filtered backwash water from community wells owned by Heater
Utilities, Inc. (Heater).
System Permit No.
Hollybrook NC 0082996
Nottingham Forest NC 0055701 cFt' 2 6 '904
Oak Hollow NC 0073679
Stanstead NC 0086690
Waterfall Plantation NC 0085863
Each of the .limits pages requires monitoring of Total Nitrogen and its
components (NO2 + NO3) and (TKN) on a semi-annual basis, which we believe is
appropriate. The limits page also requires Heater to monitor and report the
calculated value of Total Nitrogen load in pounds per month on a monthly
basis.
I assume this means that Heater can perform the tests in January and
June of each year and use this concentration to calculate the results in each
of the six months following the sample.
Unless otherwise instructed, this is the method Heater will use to
report the monthly Total Nitrogen load and add the 12 monthly results to
obtain the annual load.

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Mr. Charles Weaver
February 25, 2004
Please advise if I need to make any changes to Heater's reporting.
Sincerely,
Je Z H. Tweed
VicePresident
JHT/rt
cc: Ken Schuster

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Permit NCO073679
FFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is
autorzeto discharge filter backwash from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the
Permittee as specified below:
Effluent -
Characteristics
Flow
LIMITS
MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS
-
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Fre uenc Y
Quarterly
Sample Type
. tionl.
S ample .
_Effluent
Estimate
Total Suspended Solids
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Settleable Solids
0.1 ml/L
0.2 mVL
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Iron
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine2
17 Ng/L
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Turbidity3
Quarterly
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Total Monthly Flow 4
Monitor & Report
milliongallons/month)
Monthly
Calculated
Grab
Effluent
Effluent
Total Nitrogen (TN) 4
Monitor & Report (mg/L)
Semi-annually
Nitrate/Nitrite Nitrogen4
(NO2 + NO3)
Monitor & Report (mg/L)
Semi-annually
Grab
Effluent
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN)4
Monitor & Report (mg/L)
Semi-annually
Grab
Effluent
TN load (pounds/month) 4
Monitor & Report
(pounds per month
Monthly
Calculated
Effluent
TN load (poundslyear) 4
Monitor & Report
(pounds per ear
Annually
Calculated
Effluent
Total Phosphorus
Monitor & Report (mg/L)
Semi-annually
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. Upstream = at least 50 feet upstream from the outfall. Downstream = at least 50 feet downstream from the
outfall.
2. Limit takes effect May 1, 2005. Permittee will monitor TRC until the limit takes effect.
3. The discharge from this facility shall not cause turbidity in the receiving stream to exceed 50 NTU. If the
instream turbidity exceeds 50 NTU due to natural background conditions, the discharge cannot cause turbidity to
increase in the receiving stream.
4. See A. (2) for Total Nitrogen monitoring and reporting requirements.
All samples collected should be from a representative discharge event.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.