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ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Quality
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Director
September 7, 2018
Courtney Driver, Director of Utilities
City of Winston-Salem
P.O. Box 2511
Winston-Salem, NC 27102 RECE MI®I®EI°®\N
SEP 11 2018
SUBJECT: Notice of Violation: NOV-2018-DV-0249
Sanitary Sewer Overflows —July 2018 Nater�es$ectlon
Facility: Winston-Salem-Collection System Ferrrilttmg
Permit No. WQCS00003
Owner: City of Winston-Salem
County: Forsyth
Dear Ms. Driver:
A review has been conducted of the Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report(s)
submitted by the City of Winston-Salem for the month of July 2018. This review has shown
the City of Winston-Salem to be in violation of the requirements found in the WQCS00003
collection system permit and/or North Carolina General Statute 143.215.1(a)(1) The
violations are summarized below:
Total Total Vol
Incident Duration Surface DWR
Number Start Date (Mins) Location Cause Vol Water Action
(Gals) (Gals)
201800992 7/10/2018 135 7065 Broad Roots 675 675 No
Street Further
Action
201801007 7/16/2018 165 351 N Ridge Debris in 450 450 No
Park Drive line Further
Action
201801028 7/19/2018 150 End of Thales Roots 50 50 No
Road Further
Action
201801067 7/25/2018 60 200 Mercantile Inflow and 2,350 2,350 Notice of
Drive Infiltration Violation
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct all conditions
which have been deemed to have contributed to causing the above-listed violations. The
Division of Water Resources (DWR or Division) bases decisions concerning enforcement
NORTH CAROUNA
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 Hanes Mill Road,Suite 300 I Winston-Salem,North Carolina 27103
336.776.9800

Winston-Salem Collection System, 9/7/2018
NOV-2018-DV-0249
actions for SSOs on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters, duration, gravity,
impacts to public health, fish kills, and other factors. DWR may pursue enforcement action
for these and/or any additional violations of the WQCS00003 collection system permit. If
violations are of a continuing nature, not related to operation and/or maintenance issues,
and you anticipate remedial construction activities, then you may wish to consider
applying for a Special Order by Consent (SOC).
If you have any questions regarding this notice or we may be of any assistance
whatsoever, please feel free to contact Ron Boone by phone at(336)776-9690 or by email
at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Sherri V. Knight, P.E.
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Division of Water Resources
Attachments:
cc: DWR Central Files
( DWR PERCS Unit
WSRO
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