NC0087998_Permit Issuance_20180926

ROY COOPER
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MICHAEL S. REGAN
secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
interim Director
NORTH CAROLINA
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September 26, 2018
Shannon V. Becker, President
c/o Amanda Owens, Manager Environmental Compliance
AQUA North Carolina, Inc.
202 MacKenan Court
Cary, North Carolina 27511
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO087998
Rand Meadows Phase II WTP, Grade PC -I
NCRS 1010 and Rand Road, Raleigh
Wake County
Dear Mr. Becker:
The Division of Water Resources (DWR of the Division) has approved your application to renew
the subject permit. Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached NPDES discharge permit. This
permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and
the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
Summary of Changes to the Previous Permit -- The following will be incorporated into the
permit renewal:
1. Discontinued monitoring for Total Iron [no longer a parameter of concern (POC)].
2. Total Nitrogen / Total Phosphorus (TN/TP) remain in the permit, monitoring semi-
annually per current Neuse River Basin Nutrient Management Guidelines.
3. Because TN/TP monitoring is required, this facility is not eligible for WTP General
Permit NCG590000.
4. Added Total Hardness monitoring for future evaluation of metals in dissolved fraction
5. Updated site map and the Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet narrative.
Division records show that you have successfully registered with the eDMR Program. Please be
reminded that until the state's eDMR application is approved compliant with EPA's Cross -
Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR), all permittees must continue to submit
hardcopy of DMRs as backup to eDMR reporting [see permit section A. (4.)].
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-161.7 — 919.707.9000

Shannon Becker, President
c/o Amanda Owens, Manager Environmental Compliance
Issuance Final — NCO087998
26Sep2018
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If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit are
unacceptable, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days
following receipt of this letter. This request must take the form of a written petition, conforming to
Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative
Hearings (6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714). Unless such demand is made,
this decision shall be final and binding.
Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may
modify or revoke and reissue this permit. This permit does not affect your legal requirements to obtain
other permits required by the Division of Water Resources, the Division of Land Resources, the Coastal
Area Management Act or any other federal or local government.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please email Joe R. Corporon P.G.
[e-mail]] or call his direct line [phone].
Linda Culpepper, Interim Director
Division of Water Resources
Enclosure: NPDES Permit NCO087998 (issuance final)
hc: NPDES Program Files
Central Files
ec: RRO/SWPS, Danny Smith, Supervisor
OCU, Maureen Kinney
AQUA Amanda Owens
Wake County, Eric Green [[e-mail]

NPDES Permit NCO087998
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
DES
In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful
standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental
Management Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the
AQUA North Carolina, Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge treated wastewater from a facility known as
Rand Meadows Phase II WTP
NC SR 1010 and Rand Road, Raleigh
Wake County
to receiving waters designated as unnamed tributary (UT) to Juniper Branch within the Neuse River
Basin, in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set
forth in Parts I, II, III, and IV hereof.
The permit shall become effective November 1, 2018.
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on April 30, 2023.
Signed this day September 26, 2018.
a Culpepper, interim Direct
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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NPDES Permit NCO087998
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby
revoked, and as of this issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer
effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under
the permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions described herein.
AQUA North Carolina, Inc.
is hereby authorized to:
1. continue to operate a filter -backwash treatment system employing greensand filter technology to
treat groundwater in support of potable -water production (design flow 0.063 MGD), generating a
backwash discharge max monthly average 0.0019 MGD [six (6) days/week for —24 minutes]
utilizing
• influent groundwater well and flow meter
• disinfection: chlorine/dechlor [calcium thiosulphate]
• three (3) each greensand filters
• backwash carbon filter w/ meter
• storage tank [backwash, 5,000 gals]
• potable -water distribution line w/ meter
• backwash wastewater line with effluent sample port
• discharge line to subsurface rock -bed filter and outfall
• sludge removal for landfill disposal
Chemicals used:
• chlorine
• sodium phosphate
• calcium thiosulphate
these facilities located at the Rand Meadows Water Treatment Plant Phase H WTP, NCSR 1010
and Rand Road, Raleigh, Wake County, and
2. discharge from said treatment works via Outfall 001, at a location specified on the attached
map, to an unnamed tributary (UT) to Juniper Branch [Stream Segment 27-43-15-10-1], a
waterbody currently classified C; NSW within Subbasin 03-04-03 [HUC: 03020201 ] of the
Neuse River Basin.
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NPDES Permit NCO087998
PART I
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[NCAC 02B.0400 et seq., 02B.0500 et seq.]
Grade I Physical Chemical WPCS [15A NCAC 08G .0302]
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is
authorized to discharge filter backwash via Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited, monitored and
reported 1 by the Permittee as specified below:
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50050
2/Month
Estimate Z
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
C0530
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine
50060
17, 3
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
pH [standard units]
00400
Not < 6.0 or > 9.0 s.u.
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Turbidity (NM
00070
Monitor and report
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Total Manganese (ug/L)
01055
Monitor and report
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Total Nitrogen (TN) 4 (mg/L)
C0610
Monitor and report
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Grab
Effluent
Total Phosphorus (TP) (mg/L)
C0665
Monitor and report
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Footnotes:
1. The Permittee shall report monthly discharge monitoring data electronically using the NCDWR's
Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application [See Section A. (2.) for
eDMR submittal requirements].
2. Flow: Permittee shall record both flow rate and flow duration in log books; logs to be kept onsite
available for DWR inspection; Permittee shall report Total Daily Discharge in all monthly
DMRs/eDMRs.
3. The Division shall consider compliant all TRC effluent values reported below 50 µg/L. However,
the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by North Carolina -certified
test methods (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 µg/L.
4. TN = TKN + NO3 N + NO2-N, where TN is Total Nitrogen, TKN is Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, and
NO3-N + NO2 N are Nitrate and Nitrite Nitrogen, respectively.
Conditions:
• All effluent samples shall accurately represent the physical and/or chemical character of the discharge.
• The Permittee shall discharge no floating solids or foam visible in other than trace amounts.
• The Permittee shall discharge no wastes or chemicals unrelated to responsible treatment of raw
water.
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NPDES Permit NCO087998
A. (2.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
[G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and
program reports. The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted and became effective on
December 21, 2015.
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II of
this permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
• Section B. (11.)
• Section D. (2.)
• Section D. (6.)
• Section E. (5.)
Signatory Requirements
Reporting
Records Retention
Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting Requirements 1Suuersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)]
The permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's
Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month
and submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter
monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. Until such time that the
state's eDMR application is compliant with EPA's Cross -Media Electronic Reporting Regulation
(CROMERR), permittees will be required to submit all discharge monitoring data to the state
electronically using eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submission by printing,
signing, and submitting one signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the
following address:
NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / Water Quality Permitting Section
ATTENTION: Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the
facility being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have
broadband access, then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements
may be granted and discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR .1,
1. 1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be
submitted to the mailing address above. See "How to Request a Waiver from Electronic
Reporting" section below.
Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day of the month
following the issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month
following the commencement of discharge.
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NPDES Permit NC0087998
Starting on December 21, 2020, the permittee must electronically report the following
compliance monitoring data and reports, when applicable:
Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports;
Pretreatment Program Annual Reports; and
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 316(b) Annual Reports.
The permittee may seek an electronic reporting waiver from the Division (see "How to Request a
Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below).
2. Electronic Submissions
In accordance with 40 CFR 122.410)(9), the permittee must identify the initial recipient at the
time of each electronic submission. The permittee should use the EPA's website resources to
identify the initial recipient for the electronic submission.
Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities means the
entity (EPA or the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES program) that is the
designated entity for receiving electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127.2(b)].
EPA plans to establish a website that will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for
each type of electronic submission and for each state. Instructions on how to access and use the
appropriate electronic reporting tool will be available as well. Information on EPA's NPDES
Electronic Reporting Rule is found at:
hgps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national pollutant-
discharge-elimination-system-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule
Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the "Reporting Requirements" section
above.
3. How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting
The permittee may seek a temporary electronic reporting waiver from the Division. To obtain an
electronic reporting waiver, a permittee must first submit an electronic reporting waiver request
to the Division. Requests for temporary electronic reporting waivers must be submitted in
writing to the Division for written approval at least. sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility
would be required under this permit to begin submitting monitoring data and reports. The
duration of a temporary waiver shall not exceed 5 years and shall thereupon expire. At such
time, monitoring data and reports shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the
permittee re -applies for and is granted a new temporary electronic reporting waiver by the
Division. Approved electronic reporting waivers are not transferrable. Only permittees with an
approved reporting waiver request may submit monitoring data and reports on paper to the
Division for the period that the approved reporting waiver request is effective.
Information on eDMR and the application for a temporary electronic reporting waiver are found
on the following web page:
htM://dgg.nc.gov/about/divisions/Water-resources/edmr
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NPDES Permit NCO087998
4. Simatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) & Supersedes Section B. (11.) Ml
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in
Part H. Section B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in
Part II, Section B. (I 1.)(b). A person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority
for eDMR reporting purposes.
For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user
account and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more information on North
Carolina's eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please
visit the following web page:
http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall
make the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF
CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED:
"I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared under my
direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qual fled personnel
properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or
persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the
information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate,
and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information,
including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations.
5. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)]
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR
submissions. These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the
date of the report. This period may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR
122.41].
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AQUA North Carolina, Inc.
Rand Meadows Phase II WTP
Receiving
Stream: UT to Juniper Branch
River Basin:
Neuse
Cmid/ uad:
E24NW/Lake Wheeler
Stream Class:
C; NSW
Latitude:
350 35' 25" N
Subbasin:
03-04-03
Longitude:
780 40' 35" W
Stream Segment:
27-43-15-10-1
Facility
Location
(Map not to scale)
NPDES Permit NCO087998
North Wake County

FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWALS
This form must be completed by Permit Writers for all expedited permits which do not require
full Fact Sheets. Expedited permits are generally simple 100% domestics (e.g., schools, mobile
home parks, etc) that can be administratively renewed with minor changes, but can include
facilities with more complex issues (Special Conditions, 303(d) listed water, toxicity testing,
instream monitoring, compliance concerns).
Basic Information for Expedited Permit Renewals
Permit Writer/Date
Joe R. Co oron, L.G. / IOAu 2018
Permit Number
NCO087998
Facility Name
AQUA of NC — Rand Meadows EhXe II WTP
Basin Name/Sub-basin number
Neuse 03-04-03
Receiving Stream
UT to Juniper Branch
Stream Classification in Permit
C-NSW
Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits?
No
Does permit need TRC limits/language?
Existing
Does permit have toxicity testing?
No
Does permit have Special Conditions?
No
Does permit have instream monitoring?
No
Is the stream impaired on 303 d list)?
No
Any obvious compliance concerns?
No
Any permit MODS since lastpermit?
No
Current expiration date
4/30/2018
New expiration date
4/30/2023
Comments received on Draft Permit?
Not eligible for General Permit NCG59 due to
need to monitor TN/TP in accord w/ the Neuse
Management Rules.
DWR/NPDES drafted this permit in accord with the Greensand-Filter section of the 2009
WTP permitting guidance, as amended in 2012. Applicable considerations and changes
to existing permit included:
• highest wastewater monthly average flow = 0.0038 MGD (Jun2017)
• discontinued monitoring for Total Iron [no longer a parameter of concern (POC)
• updated monitoring frequencies in accord with current strategies
• table footnotes were updated [see A. (1.)].
• added rule citations to each section.
• added details of eDMR requirements [section A. (2)].
• updated facility description (Supp. to Cover Sheet)
• updated site -location map

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