WQ0000185_NOV-2019-LV-0085 Response_20190222

Glenn Vance
Wastewater Superintendent
Currituck County
Date: 2/22/19
To: Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Washington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
From: Glenn Vance
RE: Response to
• NOV-2019-LV-0085
Hello Mr. Tankard,
I am writing this in response to the following NOV:
Currituck County
153 Courthouse Road, Suite 302
Currituck, North Carolina 27929
252-232-6062
[e-mail]
This letter acknowledges the receipt of the above referenced NOV.
Limit Exceedance Violations NOV 2019 -LV -0085
MW -6 Nitrogen, Ammonia 11 /30/18 Limit 1.5 Reported 5.5 3X/yr
MELD]
MW -7 Nitrogen, Ammonia 11 /30/18 Limit 1.5 Reported 5.5 3X/yr
I believe the high ammonia levels for that month were a result of plant difficulties encountered
during a storm which hydraulically overwhelmed the plant, and pushed wastewater and mass onto
the spray field.
Recovery efforts were completed in December 2018, and the field was returned to proper
conditions. Nutrient levels at the wells have returned or are returning to normal.
Thank you,
Glenn Vance
Wastewater Superintendent
Currituck County, North Carolina