NC0072702_NOV Response_20150220

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Town of Beaufort
701 Front Street
Beaufort,NC 28516
February 17, 2015 -
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James Gregson
Regional Supervisor FEB 2 0 2015
Division of Water Resources
Wilmington Regional Office Water Quality Regional
Operations Section
Subject: Response to Notice of Violation Wilmington Regional Office
Tracking No.NOV-2015-LV-0056 ry
Permit No. NCO072702
Glenda Drive WTP
Carteret County
Dear Mr. Gregson:
The following is the response to our recent Notice of Violation dated February 5,2015.
On 12/9/2014, the WTP ORC took a total suspended solids sample from the Glenda
Drive WTP. This sample had a reported value of 41.400 mg/L. This is well above our
limit and our normal operating range. This high number, in tern, also caused the monthly
average to be exceeded.
We believe this number to be an anomaly, due to the fact that we normally operate at a
much lower value. Our average total suspended solids from the last six months was
between 4 and 5 mg/L. This sample was taken the same week we started up from a shut
down of approximately 1 month for remediation of our groundwater storage tank. This
startup caused the softeners to become disturbed, which made the water have an y
excessive amount of total suspended solids during the time period when the sample was
taken. All the samples taken since 12/9/14 have been normal for total suspended solids.
Sincerely,
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Donovan Willis
Town of Beaufort,NC
Public Utilities Director
D.'vN'illis4beauf6rtnc.org
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