WQCS00174_NOD-2019-DV-0012_20190808

August 8, 2019

J Bryce Mendenhall
Carolina Water Service Inc of North Carolina
4944 Parkway Plaza Blvd
Suite 375
Charlotte, NC 28217

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
Tracking Number: NOD-2019-DV-0012
Sanitary Sewer Overflows – August 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00174
Sugar Mountain Collection System
Avery County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Carolina Water Service Inc of North
Carolina indicates violations of permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S.
143-215.1. Violations include failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so
that there is no SSO to the land or surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S.
143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required.

Specific incident cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201901322 8/4/2019 30 Influent Pump Staion Equipment Failure 5000 0 Notice of Deficiency
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Daniel Boss with the Water Quality Section in the
Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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