2009 Annual Wastewater Treatment Performance Report

10 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR THE JOHNSTON COUNTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES PERIOD July 01 , 2008 TO June 30 , 2009 I General Information Facility Name s Johnston County Wastewater Treatment Facilities Responsible Entity Johnston County Contact Person s Timothy G Broome , PE or John D Wall Address PO Box 2263 , Smithfield , NC 27577 Telephone # 9199895075 NPDES Permit # ’ s NC0030716 , NC0084735 , WQCS00060 , WQ0019631 and WQ0019632 The Central Johnston County Regional Wastewater Facilities Permits NC0030716 and WQCS00060 collect and treat wastewater from the towns of Smithfield , Selma , Four Oaks , Wilson’s Mills , Pine Level , and Clayton County facilities also extend to and serve the East Clayton Industrial Park , the Cleveland community , NC 42 area east of the Neuse River , and the McGee’s Crossroads area The County operates and maintains a system of sewer line interceptors that extend through Smithfield to Selma Wastewater from Pine Level is pumped into this interceptor Wastewater from Four Oaks is transferred to the treatment facility through a series of force mains and interceptors involving three 3 pumping stations or can be directly pumped to Benson Each town is responsible for operating its own collection system Wastewater from the others areas identified above is pumped to the County’s treatment facility or the Town of Clayton wastewater treatment facility The treatment plant NPDES Permit # NC0030716 is located south of Smithfield The plant is a tertiary facility permitted to treat and discharge 70 million gallons per day to the Neuse River The plant treatment works consist of primary screening , activated sludge with biological nutrient removal , secondary clarification , denitrification filtration , and ultraviolet light disinfection Additionally , the plant stabilizes and dewaters biological sludge for disposal in the County’s lined landfill facility In May , 2008 , Johnston County began an expansion project totaling 18 million dollars plant and sewer line improvements that will increase the plant capacity to 95 million gallons per day The County also treats process water NPDES Permit # NC0084735 from the County’s water filtration plant in Wilson’s Mills This facility consists of a surge decanting tanks , solids thickener , and fine solids polishing basins with the effluent dechlorinated prior to discharge to the Neuse River These processes are located on the water plant site PageII Performance During the period July 01 , 2008 through June 30 , 2009 , there were no violations for NPDES Permit # NC0030716 During the period July 01 , 2008 through June 30 , 2009 , the following sanitary sewer overflows occurred under Permit # WQCS00060 Date Location Spill Volume Cause 08 20 08 Old Roberts Road 4,000 gallons Pipe failure split 09 24 08 Industrial Drive 9,000 gallons Contractor damaged 01 18 09 Noble Street 9,500 gallons Equipment failure 02 17 09 Noble Street 96,000 gallons Pipe failure split 06 17 09 7845 NC 210 4,500 gallons Contractor damaged During the period July 01 , 2008 through June 30 , 2009 , the following violation occurred for NPDES Permit # 0084735 6 30 09 NPDES Permit # 0084735 Notice of Violation issued for March and April 2009 for monthly reports not submitted Corrective Action taken Mailing error corrected During the period July 01 , 2008 through June 30 , 2009 , the following violations occurred for of permits # WQ0019631 and # WQ0019632 Date Location Spill Volume Cause 02 19 09 Highway 210 243,000 gallons Pipe failure split 03 01 09 County property NC 210 943,000 gallons Pipe failure split III Notification This report is available at the Johnston County Department of Utilities located at 309 East Market Street in Smithfield , the County Manager’s office in the Court House Annex , and has been provided to the towns served by these facilities This report will be available on the County’s web site , wwwjohnstonnccom A public notice was published in the Smithfield Herald notifying users of its availability PageIV Certification I certify under penalty of law that this report is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge I further certify that this report has been made available to the users or customers of the named system and that those users have been notified of its availability Date IV Certification I certify under penalty of law that this report is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge I further certify that this report has been made available to the users or customers of the named system and that those users have been notified of its availability Date IV Certification I certify under penalty of law that this report is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge I further certify that this report has been made available to the users or customers of the named system and that those users have been notified of its availability Date Page