NC0088854_Renewal Application_20180709

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ROY COOPER
Go ernor
MIICHAEL S_REGAN
Secretary
Water Resources LINDA CULPEPPER
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY interim Director
July 09, 2018
Shannon V. Becker, President
Aqua North Carolina Inc
202 Mackenan Ct
Cary, NC 27511
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0088854
Pine Lakes Subdivision -Well # 2
Surry County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the July 6, 2018 receipt of your permit renewal application and
supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW
permitting branch. Per G.S. 150B-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application is made.
Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and sufficient application for renewal of the current permit.
The permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond
in a timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and
renewal of the permit.
Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental
Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at:
https://deq.nc.gov/permits-regulations/permit-guidance/environmental-application-tracker
If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the
links available within the Application Tracker.
Sincerely,
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Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617
919-807-6300

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June 25,2018
Mr.Wren Thedford
Compliance and Expedited Permitting Unit
DWR,NCDEQ
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,NC 27699-1617
Re: Application for Permit Renewal RECENE®1DENRIDWR
Aqua North Carolina,Inc.
Pine Lakes Subdivision,Well#2-WTP JUL 0 6 2.018
NPDES Permit NC0088854
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Dear Mr.Thedford: permitt%ng
Enclosed are three (3) copies of the completed application Form D-WWTP. This submittal includes the
necessary attachments for your office to renew the subject permit.
Aqua of North Carolina,Inc. (AQUA)has also reviewed the Division of Water Resource's General
Permit NCG5900000 for Greensand WTP Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements-
Discharging to Freshwater,and AQUA hereby request that treated discharge from Pine Lakes Subdivision
—Well#2 be considered for coverage under this General Permit.AQUA understands that if Coverage
under a General Permit is granted,the Division will rescind individual NPDES Permit NC0088854.
If there are any questions or concerns with our request,please do not hesitate to contact me at
aaowensaquaamerica.com or 919-653-6965.
Best regards,
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da Owens
Manager,Environmental Compliance
cc: Laurie Ison
Joseph Pearce
Shannon Becker
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NP*ES i.ERMI T AP?AACATION a SHORT FORM C m WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPIES Permit Number NC0088854
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up -down arrows to move from one
field to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box. Otherwise,please print or type
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name Aqua North Carolina, Inc.
Facility Name Pine Lakes Subdivision-Well #2 WTP
Mailing Address 202 Mackenan Ct
City Cary
State / Zip Code NC/27511
Telephone Number [phone] RECEIVE®/DENRJDWR
Fax Number [phone] JUL 0 6 2018
e-mail Address [e-mail]
Water Resources
Permitting Section
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above ❑
Street Address or State Road Gloria Road
City Mt. Airy
State / Zip Code NC/ 27030
County Sully
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not refemng to the
Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name Aqua North Carolina, Inc.
Mailing Address 4163 Sinclair Street
City Denver
State / Zip Code NC / 28037
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
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For discharges associated with water treatment plants
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ® Public ❑
5. Type of treatment plant:
O Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by
filtration and disinfection)
O Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange)
® Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge)
O Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration)
Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener 0
6. Description of source water(s) (i.e. groundwater, surface water)
Groundwater Well
7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water:
Raw water is treated by utilizing Greensand filters operated in parallel. Chemical usage
consisting of potassium permanganate, Caustic soda and Chlorine.
8. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the
facility:
Wastewater discharge is the backwash-of greensand water treatment system. Discharge
rate is approximately 120 gallons per day.
9. Number of separate discharge points: 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
10. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑ Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: 7 Duration: Approx. 40 minutes
11. Plant design potable flowrate .005 MGD
Backwash or reject flow 0.000120 MGD
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longitude):
Unamed Tributary to Stewarts Creek (Yadkin Pee Dee Basin)
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For discharges associated with water treatment plants
13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection
treatments, that have the potential to be discharged,
Alum / aluminum sulfate Yes No X
Iron sulfate / ferrous sulfate Yes No X
Fluoride Yes No X
Ammonia nitrogen / Chloramines Yes No X
Zinc-orthophosphate or sweetwater CP1236 Yes No X
List any other additives below;
Potassium Permanganate
Caustic
Chlorine
14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No El
15. Additional Information:
➢ Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in
the water treatment process. The plan should show the point[sl of addition for
chemicals and all discharges routed to an outfall [including stormwater].
➢ Solids Handling Plan
16. NEW Applicants
Information needed in addition to items 1-15:
➢ New applicants must contact a permit coordinator with the NCDENR Customer
Service Center.
Was the Customer Service Center contacted? ❑ Yes ❑ No
➢ Analyses of source water collected
➢ Engineering Alternative Analysis
➢ Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a
water quality model.
17. Applicant Certification
I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the
best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate.
Amanda A. Owens Manager, Environmental Compliance
Pri ted name of Person Signing Title
/ . AAA,Ar C.0 —Zs -tor $
Signature of Applicant Date 1'
North Carolina General Statute 143-215 6(b)(2)provides that Any person who knowingly makes any false statement representation,or certification in any application,
record,report,plan,or other document files or required to be maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that
Article,or who falsifies,tampers with,or knowingly renders inaccurate any recording or monitoring device or method required to be operated or maintained under Article 21
or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article,shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed$25,000,or by
imprisonment not to exceed six months,or by both. (18 U.S.C.Section 1001 provides a punishment by a fine of not more than$25,000 or imprisonment not more than 5
years,or both,for a similar offense.)
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AOUA,
SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PLAN
For
Aqua North Carolina, Inc.
No sludge will be treated on any wastewater treatment plant site operated
by Aqua N.C., Western Division
Where practical, sludge removed from a Aqua N.C., Western Division
facility will be transported via a contract hauler to another Aqua N.C.,
Western Division facility for the purpose of"seeding" a new or under
loaded plant.
Unusable (or "dead") sludge will be removed by a contract hauler and
properly disposed of in accordance with NCGS 143-215.1. Contract
haulers used by Aqua ua N.C. required to
Western Division will be�
report the quantity of sludge transported and identify the location of
the proposed disposal site if the sludge is not taken to an existing
plant operated by Aqua N.C., Western Division. Aqua N.C., Western
Division has not entered into any agreement to accept sludge into its
facilities from plants not owned by them.
Aqua N.C., Western Division will keep records on the quantity of sludge
removed from each facility, the name of the contract hauler, and the
destination of the sludge (whether used in another plant or disposed of).
The information will be kept on file and will be made available to any
regulatory agency having jurisdiction over sludge treatment or disposal.
Aqua N.C., Western Division includes all of the facilities under the
jurisdiction of the Winston-Salem Regional Office.
202 MacKenan Court,Cary, NC,27511 • 919.467.8712 • AquaAmerica.com