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Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Technical Memorandum Sam’s Branch Water Reclamation Facility Town of Clayton, North Carolina January 4, 2024 This page intentionally left blank. Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Contents i Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 2 Receiving Waters Description ................................................................................................ 1 3 Water Quality Modeling Assessment ..................................................................................... 1 4 Model Results ........................................................................................................................ 2 5 Summary ............................................................................................................................... 7 Tables Table 1. Modeled discharge effluent characteristics Sam’s Branch WRF .................................... 2 Table 2. Daily average DO model output near river kilometer 70 ................................................. 5 Table 3. Daily minimum DO model output near river kilometer 70................................................ 5 Figures Figure 1. Neuse River Summer Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations with NRRRF at 75 MGD ...... 4 Figure 2. Neuse River Summer Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations with NRRRF at 75 and 90 MGD ................................................................................................................................ 6 Attachments Attachment A – Neuse River Qual2K Water Quality Modeling Results Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Contents ii This page intentionally left blank. Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Introduction 1 1 Introduction The Town of Clayton (Town) has been actively working to ensure wastewater capacity to meet the Town’s immediate and long-term needs. The Sam’s Branch Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) Phase 1 construction that provides 6 MGD in capacity is a first step that meets the Town’s needs. While Phase 1 provides for immediate needs, the Town also must address short- term and long-term capacity requirements for the service area. The Town has significant growth (residential, commercial, and biopharmaceutical industry) and recent projections indicate Phase 2 (expansion to 10 MGD) preliminary engineering must begin immediately while the Sam’s Branch WRF is still under construction. This new information also emphasizes the need for additional long-range planning beyond the current NPDES permit’s (Permit No. NC0025453) maximum discharge of 10 MGD. As part of this long-term planning process, the Town is seeking speculative limits beyond the maximum discharge limitation of 10 MGD in the Town’s current NPDES permit. Speculative limits will provide the Town a reliable basis of planning for long-term wastewater capacity needs and ensure appropriate space planning for the Sam’s Branch WRF site across all the current and potential future drivers for wastewater treatment. 2 Receiving Waters Description The Sam’s Branch WRF will discharge directly to the Neuse River pursuant to NPDES Permit No. NC0025453 in the segment designated as Stream Index 27-(38.5), which is classified Water Supply IV and Nutrient Sensitive Waters (WS-IV, NSW). In the Neuse River water quality model, the river is modeled generally from Falls Lake to Goldsboro which includes multiple stream segments. Predominantly all stream segments are classified as WS-IV or C and NSW due to nutrient sensitivity in the Neuse River estuary. Certain segments in the model environment downstream of the Sam’s Branch WRF are also classified as WS-IV Critical Area (CA) for stream segments that include water intakes (i.e., for Johnston County, Smithfield, and Goldsboro). At the Sam’s Branch WRF discharge, the stream segment is not listed as impaired on the North Carolina 2022 Integrated Report. In the model environment, there are stream segments upstream listed as impaired; however, none are listed for impairment related to dissolved oxygen (DO). No stream segments (within the model environment) are listed as impaired downstream of the Sam’s Branch WRF except stream segment 27-(49.75), which is exceeding criteria for copper. 3 Water Quality Modeling Assessment The Neuse River QUAL2K water quality model was obtained from the Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) to evaluate the possible expansion of the Sam’s Branch WRF to 15 and 20 MGD. The model results are focused on DO to estimate the impact of oxygen consuming parameters on the Neuse River from additional discharge of highly treated municipal effluent. Model inputs and assumptions, including the 7-day average, Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Model Results 2 10-year recurrence interval low flow (7Q10) were not adjusted from the model provided by DWR. The effluent characteristics for the Sam’s Branch WRF were assumed to remain the same as the current permit. Three effluent discharge flow regimes were modeled – 10 MGD which is the maximum flow allowed in the current NPDES permit, 15 MGD to support the speculative limits request, and 20 MGD for a sensitivity perspective. It is understood that the City of Raleigh is also planning for an expansion of the Neuse River Resource Recovery Facility (NRRRF) to 90 MGD, which discharges to the Neuse River upstream of the Sam’s Branch WRF. For each of the three flow scenarios for the Sam’s Branch WRF, additional model runs were included in this effort for additional discharge at the NRRRF. The NRRRF’s current limit of 75 MGD was used as was the expanded discharge at 90 MGD; discharge concentrations were held constant as defined in the model, as provided by DWR, for each discharge condition. All other discharge conditions were held constant as included in the current model. It was assumed that the Town would obtain additional nitrogen allocation or credits to allow discharge of the respective total nitrogen (TN) loads; therefore, it is assumed there is no impact related to nutrients in the estuary. The effluent concentration limits for Sam’s Branch WRF were the same for each flow regime and are shown in Table 1. Table 1. Modeled discharge effluent characteristics Sam’s Branch WRF Modeled Effluent Limits Monthly Avg Daily Max Units BOD, 5 day, 20° C (April 1- October 31) 5 7.5 mg/L BOD, 5 day, 20° C (November 1- March 31) 10 15 mg/L NH3-N (April 1- October 31) 1 3 mg/L NH3-N (November 1- March 31) 2 6 mg/L DO Daily Avg ≥6 mg/L Total Phosphorus (mg/L) 2 (Quarterly Avg) mg/L 4 Model Results Figure 1 provides a summary of the model results for the three flow scenarios for Sam’s Branch WRF without considering any increase in flow at the NRRRF discharge (i.e., effluent flow of 75 MGD). The top panel in Figure 1 presents daily minimum model DO output for daily maximum effluent limits for the summer 7Q10 low-flow condition (April 1- October 31). Model results from this scenario were compared to the DWR daily minimum DO standard of 4 mg/L. The bottom panel in Figure 1 presents daily average model DO output for monthly average effluent limits for the summer 7Q10 low-flow condition (April 1- October 31). Model results from this scenario were compared to the DWR daily average DO standard of 5 mg/L. The modeling output indicates that DO is lower with an additional discharge of 5 MGD (i.e., from 10 MGD to 15 MGD) from the Sam’s Branch WRF and proportionately lower when the discharge was increased by another 5 MGD (i.e., to 20 MGD). Daily average DO model output decreases less than 0.1 mg/L (bottom panel) when increasing the effluent flow from 10 to 20 MGD, while the daily minimum DO model output decreases are slightly greater. However, this Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Model Results 3 decrease is only approximately 0.1 mg/L total while the flow is doubled from 10 MGD to 20 MGD (top panel). These maximum DO decreases associated with the increased flows occur where the model output indicates the lowest overall DO levels occur (approximately at river kilometer 70). At this location, daily average DO model output is approximately 5.4 mg/L at the 20 MGD effluent flow, which is above the daily average DO standard of 5 mg/L and slightly higher than upstream baseline values (i.e., between the NRRRF and Sam’s Branch WRF discharges). In addition, the daily minimum DO model output at this location is approximately 4.4 mg/L at the 20 MGD effluent flow, which is above the daily minimum DO standard of 4 mg/L. The increases in Sam’s Branch WRF discharge flow does not change the pattern of DO fluctuations from Falls Lake to Goldsboro. Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Model Results 4 Figure 1. Neuse River Summer Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations with NRRRF at 75 MGD Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Model Results 5 Figure 2 provides a summary of all model results for the three flow scenarios for Sam’s Branch WRF while considering an increase in flow at the NRRRF to 90 MGD in addition to the current flow of 75 MGD. The top panel in Figure 2 presents daily minimum DO model output for daily maximum effluent limits for the summer 7Q10 low-flow condition (April 1- October 31). The bottom panel in Figure 2 presents daily average DO model output for the monthly average effluent limits for the summer 7Q10 low-flow condition (April 1- October 31). The modeling output indicates that DO is incrementally lower with the increased discharges from both the Sam’s Branch WRF and NRRRF. The change in daily average DO model output as a result of the 15 MGD discharge by the Sam’s Branch WRF at current conditions (i.e., NRRRF at 75 MGD) compared to an increased discharge at NRRRF to 90 MGD results in less than 0.1 mg/L decrease in DO where the model output indicates the lowest overall DO levels occur (approximately at river kilometer 70). When the Sam’s Branch WRF flow is increased to 20 MGD the decrease remains less than 0.1 mg/L. At this location, daily average DO model output are all above the daily average DO standard of 5 mg/L and slightly higher than upstream baseline values (i.e., between the NRRRF and Sam’s Branch WRF discharges). In addition, the daily minimum DO model output at this location is approximately 4.3 mg/L at the 20 MGD effluent flow remaining above the daily minimum DO standard of 4 mg/L. Table 2 and 3 present the daily average and daily minimum DO model output, respectively, for the different Sam’s Branch WRF effluent discharge scenarios analyzed. Attachment A provides all model results for the three Sam’s Branch WRF flow scenarios at the current flow for NRRRF (75 MGD) and the same three Sam’s Branch WRF flow scenarios at a NRRRF discharge flow of 90 MGD. Table 2. Daily average DO model output near river kilometer 70 Sam’s Branch WRF Flow (MGD) 75 MGD NRRRF Flow 90 MGD NRRRF Flow 10 5.42 5.39 15 5.40 5.37 20 5.39 5.36 Table 3. Daily minimum DO model output near river kilometer 70 Sam’s Branch WRF Flow (MGD) 75 MGD NRRRF Flow 90 MGD NRRRF Flow 10 4.55 4.42 15 4.50 4.37 20 4.44 4.31 Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Model Results 6 Figure 2. Neuse River Summer Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations with NRRRF at 75 and 90 MGD Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Summary 7 5 Summary The Town has significant growth (residential, commercial, and biopharmaceutical industry) and recent projections indicate planning for capacity beyond the current NPDES permit flow limitations is needed. Speculative limits for a 15 MGD discharge from the Sam’s Branch WRF will provide the Town a reliable basis of planning for long-term wastewater capacity needs. The Neuse River QUAL2K model was obtained from DWR to evaluate the possible expansion of the Sam’s Branch WRF to 15 MGD in support of a speculative limits request. Model output indicates that DO daily average values for all model scenarios remain above the daily average DO standard of 5 mg/L and above the daily minimum DO standard of 4 mg/L including a scenario of Sam’s Branch WRF increased to 20 MGD in conjunction with an expansion of the NRRRF to 90 MGD. Model results support the development and issuance of speculative limits for an expansion of the Sam’s Branch WRF to 15 MGD. Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Summary 8 This page intentionally left blank. Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Attachment A – Neuse River Qual2K Water Quality Modeling Results A Attachment A – Neuse River Qual2K Water Quality Modeling Results Town of Clayton | Expanded Surface Water Discharge Evaluation Attachment A – Neuse River Qual2K Water Quality Modeling Results This page intentionally left blank. 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Weekly Average Base Case (1A) - Clayton at 10 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Monthly Average Base Case (2A) - Clayton at 10 MGD DO (Min, Mean and Max) computed by Qual2K in the Neuse River Mainstem in Summer 2019 Neuse River RRF at 75 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Weekly Average Scenario 1 (1W) - Clayton at 15 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Monthly Average Scenario 1 (1M) - Clayton at 15 MGD DO (Min, Mean and Max) computed by Qual2K in the Neuse River Mainstem in Summer 2019 Neuse River RRF at 75 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Weekly Average Scenario 2 (2W) - Clayton at 20 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Monthly Average Scenario 2 (2M) - Clayton at 20 MGD DO (Min, Mean and Max) computed by Qual2K in the Neuse River Mainstem in Summer 2019 Neuse River RRF at 75 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Weekly Average Scenario 5 (5W) - Clayton at 10 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Monthly Average Scenario 5 (5M) - Clayton at 10 MGD DO (Min, Mean and Max) computed by Qual2K in the Neuse River Mainstem in Summer 2019 Neuse River RRF at 90 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Weekly Average Scenario 3 (3W) - Clayton at 15 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Monthly Average Scenario 3 (3M) - Clayton at 15 MGD DO (Min, Mean and Max) computed by Qual2K in the Neuse River Mainstem in Summer 2019 Neuse River RRF at 90 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Weekly Average Scenario 4 (4W) - Clayton at 20 MGD 4 5 6 7 8 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 DO ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Monthly Average Scenario 4 (4M) - Clayton at 20 MGD DO (Min, Mean and Max) computed by Qual2K in the Neuse River Mainstem in Summer 2019 Neuse River RRF at 90 MGD 4 5 6 7 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Da i l y A v e r a g e D O ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Clayton at 10 MGD (1A) Clayton at 15 MGD (1W) Clayton at 20 MGD (2W) Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Weekly Average Scenarios: 4 5 6 7 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Da i l y A v e r a g e D O ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Clayton at 10 MGD (2A) Clayton at 15 MGD (1M) Clayton at 20 MGD (2M) Summer Monthly Average Scenarios: Daily Average DO computed by Qual2K in the Neuse River Mainstem in Summer 2019 Neuse River RRF at 75 MGD 4 5 6 7 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Da i l y A v e r a g e D O ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Clayton at 10 MGD (5W) Clayton at 15 MGD (3W) Clayton at 20 MGD (4W) Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Weekly Average Scenarios: 4 5 6 7 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Da i l y A v e r a g e D O ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Clayton at 10 MGD (5M) Clayton at 15 MGD (3M) Clayton at 20 MGD (4M) Summer Monthly Average Scenarios: Daily Average DO computed by Qual2K in the Neuse River Mainstem in Summer 2019 Neuse River RRF at 90 MGD 4 5 6 7 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Da i l y A v e r a g e D O ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Clayton at 10 MGD, Neuse River at 75 MGD (1A) Clayton at 15 MGD, Neuse River at 75 MGD (1W) Clayton at 20 MGD, Neuse River at 75 MGD (2W) Clayton at 15 MGD, Neuse River at 90 MGD (3W) Clayton at 20 MGD, Neuse River at 90 MGD (4W) Clayton at 10 MGD, Neuse River at 90 MGD (5W) Sa m s B r a n c h W R F Ne u s e R i v e r W W T P Ce n t r a l J o h n s t o n C o u n t y R e g i o n a l W W T F Riv e r M i l l s Go l d s b o r o W R F Sm i t h C r e e k W W T P Summer Weekly Average Scenarios: 4 5 6 7 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Da i l y A v e r a g e D O ( m g / L ) River Kilometer Clayton at 10 MGD, Neuse River at 75 MGD (2A) Clayton at 15 MGD, Neuse River at 75 MGD (1M) Clayton at 20 MGD, Neuse River at 75 MGD (2M) Clayton at 15 MGD, Neuse River at 90 MGD (3M) Clayton at 20 MGD, Neuse River at 90 MGD (4M) Clayton at 10 MGD, Neuse River at 90 MGD (5M) Summer Monthly Average Scenarios: Daily Average DO computed by Qual2K in the Neuse River Mainstem in Summer 2019 This page intentionally left blank. 555 Fayetteville Street, Suite 900 Raleigh, NC 27601-3034 919.232.6600 NC License F0116 hdrinc.com © 2024 HDR, Inc., all rights reserved