February 2, 2008

Performance Annual Report

I.                General Information

Facility/System Name:   Town of Spring Lake Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant

Responsible Entity:         Town of Spring Lake

Person in Charge/Contact:    Daniel B. Gerald (910) 497-5748

Applicable Permits:   Wastewater Discharge Permit  Number  NC0030970 expires May 31, 20011

                                   Land Application of Bio-Solids Permit  Number  WQ0001086 expires January 31, 2011

Description of Treatment Process:

The Town of Spring Lake Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant is a Dual Train, Extended Aeration Plant with Secondary Clarification for the separation of liquids and solids, Post Aeration, Chlorination and De-Chlorination. Aerobic Digestion has been supplemented with Lime Stabilization to ensure that the treated Bio-solids produced after plant processing, meet EPA and NCDWQ regulations prior to disposal by land application. A monthly report of plant performance as determined by Laboratory analysis is submitted to the NCDWQ and an annual Bio-solids application report and Laboratory analysis is submitted to the EPA and NCDWQ Non-Discharge Branch. The plant is also responsible for one lift station in the town’s collection system.  No reportable discharges were experienced by the Cedar Creek or Hinkle Lift Station.

II.              Performance

Text Summary of System Performance for Calendar Year 2007:

The Town of Spring Lake Wastewater Treatment processed for discharge into the Lower Little River 265, 763,000 gallons of wastewater during the calendar year 2006. While producing the treated effluent for disposal the plant produced for Land Application 68.0 dry tons of Bio-solids. The plant flow ranged from a low flow on October 22nd 509,000 of gallons per day to a high flow on October 27th of 1,300,000 gallons per day.

A by month accounting of the system for CY 2007 follows:

January -                 30,079, 000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted.

February -               24,524,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted.

March -                      26,327,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted.

April -                      23,350,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted.

May -                        21,116,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted

June -                       21,873,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted.

July -                        23,016,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted.

August -                   19,513,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted.

September -              17,781,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted.

October -                  19,650,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted.

November -              18,499,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted.

December -                20,499,000 gallons of treated effluent discharged, No permit violations noted

During CY 2005, the plant processed 265,763,000 gallons of wastewater and returned it to the surface waters of the state of North Carolina via its permitted discharge point into the Lower Little River. The Collection system had a total of (8) eight reportable (SSO) Sanitary Sewer Overflows, which occurred during the CY 2007. The dates of the SSO are as follows:

1/9/07 - 100 gal

1/22/07 - 120 gal

1/24/07 - 800 gal

1/29/07 - 200 gal

3/1/07 - 100 gal

3/27/07 - 250 gal

5/8/07 - 10,000 gal

7/6/07 - 600 gal

The Town’s Wastewater Collection system is currently in the process of being upgraded to eliminate (I/I) Inflow/Infiltration problems, which have plagued the Town. The lining project was started bid out in November of 2007 and the corrective work started in December of 2007. During this period of remediation to the collection system the town has not experienced any SSO upsets in the areas being remediated. The Town of Spring Lake is currently researching a “Water Reuse” program to help with water conservation. The Spring Lake Wastewater Treatment Facility did not have any violations to its NPDES permit.

III.             Notification

A copy of this correspondence was placed on the Town of Spring Lake’s web site.

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.

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Daniel B. Gerald                                                                                          Date

Water Resources Director

Town of Spring Lake, NC