2004 Annual Wastewater Treatment Performance Report

10 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR THE JOHNSTON COUNTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES PERIOD JULY 01 , 2003 TO JUNE 30 , 2004 I General Information Facility Name s Johnston County Wastewater Treatment Facilities Responsible Entity Johnston County Contact Person s Timothy G Broome , PE Address PO Box 2263 , Smithfield , NC 27577 Telephone # 9199895075 NPDES Permit # ’ s NC0030716 , NC0084735 , NC0060330 , WQ0007622 , and WQCS00060 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 , and Pine Level 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 Each town is responsible for operating it’s own collection system Wastewater from the other areas identified above is pumped to the County’s treatment facility or the town of Clayton wastewater treatment facilities The treatment plant NPDES Permit # NC0030716 is located south of Smithfield The plant is a tertiary facility permitted to treat and discharge 499 million gallons per day to the Neuse River The plant treatment works consist of primary screening , grit collection , activated sludge with biological nutrient removal , secondary clarification , denitrification filtration , and ultraviolet light disinfection Additionally , the plant stablizes and dewaters biological sludge for disposal in the County’s lined landfill facility 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 tank , solids thickener , and a fine solids polishing basin with the effluent discharged to the Neuse River These processes are located on the water plant site The County provides wastewater service to a subdivision located west of Clayton NPDES Permit # NC0060330 The wastewater plant is under contract operation with Carolina Water Service , Inc to operate the facility until such time a pumping facility is constructed Once the pump station is operational , the wastewater plant will cease operation and the wastewater will be treated at other County facilities scheduled fall , 2004 PageII Performance During the period July 01 , 2003 through June 30 , 2004 , the following permit violations occurred for NPDES Permit # NC0030716 Parameter Permit Limit Permit Violation August , 2003 Flow 499 MGD 6328 MGD September , 2003 BOD5 150 mg L 180 mg L weekly average violation During the period July 01 , 2003 through June 30 , 2004 , the following sanitary sewer overflows occurred under Permit # WQCS00060 Date Location Spill Volume Cause 07 11 03 610 Holly Grove Road lt; 500 gallons Service line failure 08 11 03 3038 Brogden Road lt; 500 gallons Pipe failure 08 19 03 Technology Drive lt; 500 gallons Electrical storm 08 20 03 5000 NC 42 West 90,000 gallons Electrical storm equipment failure 12 15 03 200 Front Street lt; 250 gallons Contractor damage 05 03 04 1452 W Noble Street 1,500 gallons Excessive rainfall I I 05 05 04 516 N Second Street 300 gallons Excessive rainfall I I 06 05 04 Buffalo Creek Line 50,000 gallons Excessive rainfall I I During the period July 01 , 2003 through June 30 , 2004 , all permit requirements of NPDES Permit # 0084735 were met or exceeded During the period July 01 , 2003 through June 30 , 2004 , the following permit violations occurred for NPDES Permit # NC0060330 Parameter Permit Limit Permit Violation July , 2003 BOD5 50 mg L 99 mg L April , 2004 BOD5 50 mg L 80 mg L During the period July 01 , 2002 through June 30 , 2003 , all permit requirements of NPDES Permit # WQ0019631 were met or exceeded During the period July 01 , 2002 through June 30 , 2003 , all permit conditions of NPDES Permit # WQ0007622 were met or exceeded PageIII 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 printed in the Smithfield Herald notifying users of its availability 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 Haywood M Phthisic , III Director of OperationsPage