Local Wellhead Protection Program Plan
Pasquotank County, NC PWS ID # 04-70-010
Contact: Travis Tucker Water Treatment Plant Superintendent Office 252-335-2196 Fax 252-338-1946 [email protected] PO Box 347 Elizabeth City, North Carolina 27909-0347 September 5, 2018
Table of Contents
Background ...... 3 Introduction ...... 6 Source Water Assessment Program Report (SWAP) ...... 7
The Wellhead Protection Committee ...... 9
Wellhead Protection Area Delineation ...... 10 Maps ...... 13,15,16 Potential Contaminant Source Inventory ...... 17 Photos ...... 28-33 Maps ...... 34-36 Risk Assessment ...... 38
Management of the Wellhead Protection Area ...... 44
Emergency Contingency Plan ...... 49
Public Participation ...... 53
New Public Water Supply Wells ...... 53
Future Wellhead Protection ...... 53
References ...... 54
Appendix ...... 55
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Background
In 1986, Safe Water Drinking Act (SWDA) amendments added Section 1428, “State Programs to Establish Wellhead Protection Areas”, which requires each state to develop a program to “protect wellhead areas within their jurisdiction from contaminants which may have any adverse effects on the health of persons.” The term wellhead protection area is defined in the law as “the surface and subsurface area surrounding a water well or wellfield, supplying a public water system, through which contaminants are reasonably likely to move toward and reach such water well or wellfield." North Carolina’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Wellhead Protection Program (WHPP) provides technical support to local governments and public water supply systems in their endeavors to develop and implement their own Wellhead Protection Plans.
One of North Carolina’s objective in developing a protection plan is to provide a process for public water system operators to learn more about their groundwater systems and how to protect them. Wellhead Protection Plans allow communities to take charge of protecting the quality of their drinking water by identifying and carefully managing areas that supply groundwater to their public wells.
Division of Water Resources (DWR), under the Department of Environmental Quality regulations, require any public water supply well that is to be used as a community or non-transient, non-community water system to meet the following wellhead protection requirements:
(1) The well shall be located on a lot so that the area within 100 feet of the well shall be owned or controlled by the person supplying the water. The supplier of water shall be able to protect the well lot from potential sources of pollution and to construct landscape features for drainage and diversion of pollution. (2) The minimum horizontal separation between the well and known potential sources of pollution shall be as follows:
(a) 100 feet from any sanitary sewage disposal system, sewer, or a sewer pipe unless the sewer is constructed of water main materials and joints, in which case the sewer pipe shall be at least 50 feet from the well; (b) 200 feet from a subsurface sanitary sewage treatment and disposal system designed for 3000 or more gallons of wastewater a day flows, unless it is determined that the well water source utilizes a confined aquifer; (c) 500 feet from a septage disposal site; (d) 100 feet from buildings, mobile homes, permanent structures, animal houses or lots, or cultivated areas to which chemicals are applied; (e) 100 feet from surface water; (f) 100 feet from a chemical or petroleum fuel underground storage tank with secondary containment; (g) 500 feet from a chemical or petroleum fuel underground storage tank without secondary containment; (h) 500 feet from the boundary of a ground water contamination area; (i) 500 feet from a sanitary landfill or non-permitted non-hazardous solid waste disposal site; (j) 1000 feet from a hazardous waste disposal site or in any location which conflicts with the North Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Rules cited as 15A NCAC 13A; (k) 300 feet from a cemetery or burial ground; and
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(l) 100 feet from any other potential source of pollution.
(3) The Department may require greater separation distances or impose other protective measures necessary to protect the well from pollution; the Department shall consider as follows: (a) The hazard or health risk associated with the source of pollution; (b) The proximity of the potential source to the well; (c) The type of material, facility or circumstance that poses the source or potential source of pollution; (d) The volume or size of the source or potential source of pollution; (e) Hydrogeological features of the site which could affect the movement of contaminants to the source water; (f) The effect which well operation might have on the movement of contamination; and (g) The feasibility of providing additional separation distances or protective measures.
(4) The lot shall be graded or sloped so that surface water is diverted away from the wellhead. The lot shall not be subject to flooding.
(5) When the supplier of water is unable to locate water from any other approved source and when an existing well can no longer provide water that meets the requirement of this Subchapter, a representative of the Division may approve a smaller well lot and reduced separation distances for temporary use.
In addition to this delineation, communities are encouraged to establish wellhead protection plans, which include the following:
1) The formation of a wellhead protection committee to establish and implement the wellhead protection plan and whose role it is to conduct a potential contaminant source inventory, provide options for the management of the WHP area, seek public input into the creation of the WHP plan, seek approval of the WHP plan and to implement the WHP plan;
2) Delineation of the contributing areas of the water sources;
3) Identification of potential contamination sources within the wellhead protection area;
4) Develop and implement wellhead protection area management actions to protect the water sources;
5) Develop an emergency contingency plan for alternative water supply sources in the event the groundwater supply becomes contaminated and emergency response planning for incidents that may impact water quality;
6) Development of a public education program; and
7) Conduct new water source planning to insure the protection of new water source locations and to augment current supplies.
Wellhead protection for public water supply wells is a voluntary program, but water systems across the state are encouraged to take the above steps in protecting all groundwater sources.
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The PWSS will grant the final approval for WHP Plans. The NC Wellhead Protection Program Coordinator is:
M. Gale Johnson, L.G. Public Water Supply Section 1634 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1634 [email protected] Phone 919-707-9083 Fax 919-715-4374
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Introduction
The City of Elizabeth City is located in the northeastern portion of the state in Pasquotank County, on the Pasquotank River and Intracoastal Waterway. The City lies just west of the Outer Banks of North Carolina and just south of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Elizabeth City is the county seat and largest city of Pasquotank County. It is the cultural, economic and educational hub of the sixteen- county Historic Albemarle region of northeastern North Carolina. The City is rich in history yet progressive and growing. Elizabeth City is host to Elizabeth City State University, Mid-Atlantic Christian University, College of the Albemarle, the TCOM Blimp Base, several small equipment manufacturing plants, and the largest Coast Guard station in the United States.
The City operates fourteen wells that are located to the west northwest of the City where the terrain is very flat and swampy with poor drainage, and elevation seldom exceeds 15 feet. Fields under agriculture are typically ditched, and canals lace the area. The 1985 Geologic Map of North Carolina shows that the near-surface sediments are of Pleistocene to recent age, and consist of sands, clays, gravels, and peats. Soils in the area have moderate to high infiltration rates.
The City’s wells provide water to a population of about 18,686 people via approximately 7,713 connections. The City’s total storage capacity is 9.5 million gallons in a total of 7 (seven) combined ground and elevated storage tanks. Chemical treatment of the raw water includes chlorine gas and aqueous ammonia in the form of chloramines, aluminum sulfate and phosphate as a coagulating agent, sodium hexametaphosphate as a corrosion control, carbon dioxide to adjust pH, anionic polymer for coagulation, and lime slurry as a coagulating agent and to adjust pH. The City also operates a municipal sewage system and has several lift stations located within the WHPA.
The City has multiple interconnections with Pasquotank County Reverse Osmosis Water System (PWS ID # 60-70-001) and the South Camden Water System (PWS ID # 04-15-015). They can receive water from or sell water to either system.
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Figure 1. City of Elizabeth City well information from April 24, 2017 SWAP
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Figure 2. Pasquotank County within North Carolina.
Figure 3. City of Elizabeth City within Pasquotank County.
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The Wellhead Protection Committee
The following people have been designated or volunteered to serve as the City of Elizabeth City’s Wellhead Protection Committee (WPC):
Name Position
Ms. Amanda Boone Public Utilities Director Mr. Travis Tucker Water Treatment Plant Superintendent Mr. Matthew Schelly Community Development Director, Planner Ms. Jinger Hickman Office Assistant II – Public Utilities Department Mr. Raymond Staten Water Treatment Plant Chief Operator Ms. Amy Durden GIS Coordinator Ms. Debbie Maner NC Rural Water Association
The positions responsible for implementing the plan are the City of Elizabeth City’s Council. They have accepted the recommendations made in the plan by the WHPC. The Council has granted the Assistant Public Utilities Director the authority to implement the plan and to approve any revisions that may be necessary to obtain approval from the Public Water Supply Section (PWSS). Implementation of the plan will begin immediately following its approval by the PWSS of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and will be completed within ninety (90) days.
Upon completion of the implementation phase of the WHP Program Plan, the individual responsible for implementation will submit notification to the Public Water Supply Section in accordance with the schedule set forth in the approved WHP Program Plan.
The mission of the Wellhead Protection Committee is to protect the water supply of the City of Elizabeth City by developing an appropriate method to educate the public on the importance of the City’s source of drinking water and measures they can take to prevent contamination of the water supply. Additionally, the City may seek funding through federal or state loans and grants to improve or expand the water system.
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Delineation of the Wellhead Protection Area
There are several methods that are used to delineate Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPAs). The one that is most appropriate for each well system depends upon many factors including its location within the state and the characteristics of the subsurface geology. For this plan, a calculated fixed radius method known as the Volumetric Method was used to delineate Elizabeth City’s WHPAs (Wellhead Protection Areas).
In North Carolina, the WHPA for wells withdrawing water from certain confined aquifers encompasses the area surrounding the well for which the time of travel from the outer edge of the area to the well is 10 years. A 10-year period was selected to provide time to assess the potential impact of any ground-water contamination discovered within the WHPA and for developing appropriate remediation and ground-water protection strategies for the water supply. A WHPA based on a longer time of travel may provide a greater degree of protection to the well and allow more advance warning to respond to a contamination incident within the WHPA, but it will also expand the area to manage under the WHP Plan.
WHPAs based on a 10-year time of travel from their outer edge to the pumping well can be estimated by using the ground-water velocity or by estimating the volume of the aquifer required to supply 10 years of withdrawals (i.e., the Volumetric Method). Due to the lack of site-specific information necessary to calculate the ground-water velocity, Elizabeth City chose the Volumetric Method to delineate the WHPA for its water supply wells.
The volume of the aquifer that supplies withdrawals for a specified period of time can be estimated with the following equation:
3 gal min ft 365.25 days P (years) VP = Q td min day 7.48 gal year n
3 Where: VP = the volume of aquifer in ft that supplies withdrawals for period P, Q = the well yield in gallons per minute, td = the daily pumping period in minutes per day, P = the period of withdrawals in years, and N = the estimated porosity, dimensionless.
The well yield is the maximum sustained pumping rate possible for the well (not the daily pumping rate) as determined from a 24-hour drawdown test pursuant to North Carolina Administrative Code 15A NCAC 18C.0402(g). If well yield information is unavailable, the maximum capacity of the pump installed on the well may be substituted. The daily pumping period tp is the number of minutes per day that the well is pumped and should equal 720 (the number of minutes in 12 hours). This value is used because State regulations require that the yield of a public water supply well provide the average daily demand in 12 hours. If the actual pumping period exceeds 12 hours, then the actual pumping period in minutes per day should be used. Using a daily pumping period tp of 720 minutes per day, a period of withdrawal P of 10 years and an estimated porosity of 0.2, the above equation, rounded, reduces to:
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V10 = 1,800,000 x Q
3 Where: V10 = the volume of aquifer in ft that supplies 10 years of withdrawals.
For ease (convenience) in applying the Volumetric method/ASV, it is assumed that the volume is contained in a cylinder centered on the well.
Before the radius of the cylinder, and therefore the WHPA, can be determined, it is first necessary to determine or to estimate the thickness (b) of the aquifer (or the thickness of the part of the aquifer) that supplies water to the well. Because information on well yield and aquifer thickness was available from well construction records for each well judged to be withdrawing water from the Yorktown aquifer, the City of Elizabeth City calculated the WHPA radii by substituting the aquifer thickness, along with the calculated volume (V10) into the following equation for each of these wells:
V r = 10 b
Where: r = the radius in feet, 3 V10 = the volume of the aquifer, in ft , that supplies 10 years of withdrawals, = 3.1416, and b = the aquifer thickness or the length of screened or open-hole section, in feet.
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Because actual aquifer thickness may be underestimated by well screen length alone, it may be preferable to use the recommended guidelines in the table in Figure 5. taken from The North Carolina Wellhead Protection Guidebook developed in 2003, resulting in the radius for each of Elizabeth City’s wells in Figure 6. below.
Well Yield Q1 Maximum Aquifer Thickness Radius of WHPA (gpm) Permitted (ft.) (ft.) Withdrawal Rounded 2 (Qmpw ) gallons 50 36,000 25 1,000 100 72,000 50 1,000 200 144,000 50 1,500 500 360,000 75 2,000 1000 720,000 75 3,000 2000 1,440,000 100 3,500 1 Maximum sustained well yield or maximum capacity of the pump, in gallons per minute. Read as “up to” the indicated value; e.g., for a well yield of 150 gpm, use line representing 200 gpm. 2 2 Maximum Permitted Withdrawal (Qmpw ) based on 12 hours per day of pump operation. 3 Aquifer thickness is a value assumed on the basis of the pumping rate.
Figure 5. Recommended radii of WHPAs for wells withdrawing from semi-confined and highly confined aquifers.
Radius Yield from Well # GPM Figure 5. 1 626 3,000 2 264 1,500 3 654 3,000 4 503 3,000 5 37 1,000 7 100 1,000 8 400 2,000 9 200 1,500 10 420 2,000 11 137 1,500 13 325 2,000 14 485 3,000 15 250 2,000 16 300 2,000
Figure 6. Elizabeth City’s Wellhead Protection Area Radii with Yield taken from Well Construction Records where available otherwise City data.
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Figure 7. Preliminary delineation using volumetric method and chart in Figure 5.
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Using the Volumetric Method, Figure 5. shows the radii used to delineate Elizabeth City’s WHPAs. However, the wells in the wellfield are close enough in proximity that there is significant overlap of the areas when using the formula, so it is likely the wells are influencing each other during pumping. To analyze the influence and further delineate the areas the WhAEM2000, EPA groundwater flow model described below was also used. It is an automated version of using the Volumetric Method that also accounts for well interference. It refines the delineation obtained when using the volumetric method alone.
WhAEM2000
The U.S. EPA's Wellhead Analytic Element Model, WhAEM2000 for Windows (98/NT/2K/XP/7/8), is a groundwater geohydrology computer program. WhAEM2000 is a public domain, ground-water flow model designed to facilitate capture zone delineation and protection area mapping in support of the State's Wellhead Protection Programs (WHPP) and Source Water Assessment Planning (SWAP) for public water supplies in the United States. WhAEM2000 provides an interactive computer environment for design of protection areas based on radius methods, well in uniform flow solutions, and geohydrologic modeling methods. Geohydrologic modeling for steady pumping wells, including the influence of hydrological boundaries, such as rivers, recharge, and no-flow contacts, is accomplished using the analytic element method.
An aquifer thickness of 64 feet was used in the WhAEM model for the delineation of the WHPA for the City of Elizabeth City. This value was arrived at by taking the difference between the depth of the top of the uppermost screened interval and the bottom of the lowermost screened interval for the wells in the Elizabeth City wellfield (i.e. -56ft. - - 120 ft. = 64 ft.).
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Figure 8. City of Elizabeth City’s Wellhead Protection Area delineations using the WhAEM2000 Model.
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Figure 9. City of Elizabeth City’s Final WHPA using EPA’s WhAEM Model2000 with modifications.
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Potential Contaminant Source (PCS) Inventory
The inventory process began by looking at the Source Water Assessment Program Report for the City of Elizabeth City. Information from sixteen State and Federal Databases is combined into that report, and the information is used as a starting point to research files at the various agencies. All relevant information is in the PCS table and in the summaries that follow the table.
A Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) Report has been made available for the City of Elizabeth City by the NC Public Water Supply Section. Water sources can be threatened by many potential contaminant sources, including permitted wastewater discharges, underground storage tanks, urban storm water runoff, or other types of non-point source contamination such as runoff produced by agricultural activities and land clearing for development. A source water assessment is a qualitative evaluation of the potential of a drinking water source to become contaminated by the identified potential contaminant sources (PCSs) within the delineated area. A SWAP Report consists of an assessment area delineation, a potential contaminant source inventory and map, a susceptibility rating, maps, tables and a detailed description of North Carolina's SWAP approach. The City of Elizabeth City’s entire SWAP Report along with a wealth of other information about water sources in North Carolina can be found on the PWS website, http://www.ncwater.org/pws/SWAP_susceptibility_results.HTM.
A description of each of the PCS Types can be found in the Appendix along with information about who to contact for more information.
Figure 10. Potential Contaminant Source Attributes Well # 1, 2 SWAP Report, April 2017
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Figure 11. Potential Contaminant Source Attributes Well # 5A SWAP Report, April 2017 According to the WaRO of the NC Division of Water Resources the Injection Heating and Cooling System at the Louis and Brenda Spry residence is no longer operational and the Underground Injection wells have been abandoned according to State Regulations.
Figure 12. Potential Contaminant Source Attributes Well # 8 SWAP Report, April 2017
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Figure 13. Potential Contaminant Source Attributes Well # 11 SWAP Report, April 2017
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Figure 14. Potential Contaminant Source Attributes Well # 13 SWAP Report, April 2017
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Figure 15. Potential Contaminant Source Attributes Well # 14 SWAP Report, April 2017
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Figure 16. Potential Contaminant Source Attributes Well # 15 SWAP Report, April 2017
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Figure 17. Potential Contaminant Source Attributes Well # 16 SWAP Report, April 2017
There were no potential contaminant sources in the SWAP for Wells # 3, 4, 10, 7, and 9
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Windshield Survey
The WPC conducted a windshield survey of the entire WHPA and identified each potential contamination source (PCS) facility or activity that might exist within the WHPA. Onsite visits were made and additional information was obtained regarding quantity and types of contaminants kept on site. The PCS list shows the sources identified during the inventory along with quantities and types of contaminants found at the site. Pictures were taken at several sites to further document PCS sites.
The entire WHPA is served by the Pasquotank County Water System. The City of Elizabeth City operates a municipal wastewater system which serves all businesses and residences located within the WHPA.
Potential Contamination Sources
The list below shows the potential contaminant sources (PCSs) identified during the inventory.
PCS Site Owner Contact Potential Contaminant Quantity Communications Tower Pasquotank County 2 generators 913 Wellfield Rd. Tower Site C LP Tanks ASR#HP-1080 site Potential for fuel storage. 252-338-7787 Time Warner/Charter Southeast, LLC Diesel Fuel ~3.000 gallons Communications 1466 7820 Crescent Exec. Drive Average 429 lbs. Charlotte, NC 28217 Lead and Sulfuric Acid Batteries Pb Average 52 lbs H₂SO₄ Farmland Martha Bundy Farmland by Well 4 adjacent to 301 Forest Park Road Wells 4 and 5 Elizabeth City, NC 27909 100 acres Walmart Station #45 City of Elizabeth City Wastewater Pump Station 306 E. Colonial Avenue Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Mailing Address P. O. Box 347 Elizabeth City, NC 27907-0347 Phone 252-335-2196 Highway 17 NCDOT Spills Resident Engineer's Office 1929 A North Road St. Elizabeth City, 27909 252-331-4860
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PCS Site Owner Contact Potential Quantity Contaminant Murphy USA Murphy Oil USA USTs 108 Tanglewood PO Box 7000 Peach St. Gasoline 20,000 gal. Pkwy. El Dorado, Ark 72730 12,000 gal. Elizabeth City, NC Diesel 8,000 gal. 27909 Permit 00-0- 0000036871 Expires 6/18 Hall Honda Hall of Elizabeth City Auto Repair Small 105 Tanglewood 23 Walker Avenue Petroleum Products Quantities* Pkwy. Baltimore, MD 21208 Fluids Auto Service Parts Manager Debbie Miller Charlie Gower 252-389-8166 Hall Honda Station # Elizabeth City, NC Wastewater Pump 49 306 E. Colonial Avenue Station 27909 Mailing Address P. O. Box 347 Elizabeth City, NC 27907-0347 Phone 252-335-2196 Tidal Wave Auto Spa Tidal Wave Auto Spa Detergents Small 3880 Patrick Way PO Box 311 Thomaston, GA 30286 Quantities* 706-975-5945 7-Eleven # 34134 7-Eleven, Inc. USTs 3800 Patrick Way PO Box 711 Attn: Gasoline Accounting Gasoline 10,000 gal. Dallas, TX 15,000 gal. Permit 00-0-0000037107 Expires 9/18 Morris Auto Sales & Hunter S. Morris Large area of stored Salvage 782 Wellfield Rd. vehicles, see photos 728 Wellfield Rd. Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Auto Fluids NCG100021 NPDES2077 Nursery - Tenant run Property Owner: Sprawling Nursery 849 Wellfield Rd. Raymond Harold Pritchard Pesticides, Fertilizers 849 Wellfield Rd. 4 junk mobile homes on property See photos Pasquotank County Pasquotank County Transfer Station Convenience Center 206 Main St. Recycling 944 Wellfield Rd. PO Box 39 Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Brad Gardner, Director of Solid Waste [email protected] American Tower American Tower Management, Inc. Diesel AST 550 gallons Elizabeth City # 1 116 Huntington Ave. See photos Site Number 088638 Boston, MA 02116 www.americantower.com
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PCS Site Owner Contact Potential Contaminant Quantity West Lawn Cemetery Citadel/West Lawn Pesticides, Fertilizers Small 1909 Main St. Ext. Cemetery, Inc. Quantities* PO Box 8839 Greenville, NC 29604 Elizabeth City Pasquotank County Mineral oil Small Substation 206 E. Main St. Quantities* Elizabeth City, NC 27909 CB’s Auto Tire & Calvin L. Boone, Jr. Auto Repair Service Property Owner: Appears to be closed Carolina Classic Clarence Lane 311 Forest Park Rd. 3083 Main St. Ext. 252-334-9991 Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Farm Operation Chuck Jackson Numerous ASTs Facility Rents fields surrounding Nitrogen 705 Forest Park Rd. Wellfields Diesel Grows Corn and Soybeans Farm Equipment Property Owner: See photos Georgetta B. Jackson 917 Halls Creek Rd. Elizabeth City, NC 27909 107 Brantwood Dr. Property Owner: AST fuel storage ~500 gallons Sawmill type business Nora D. Spruill PO Box 1743 Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Walmart Auto Center Walmart Real Estate Auto Repair Small PO Box 8050 Petroleum Fluids quantities* Bentonville, AR 72712-8050 US Cellular Company US Cellular Company Fuel storage for generator 10,000 gallons PO Box 31369 Chicago, IL 60631-0369 Communications Liberty University FCC Antenna Structure Registration Tower 1971 University Blvd. Number Lynchburg, VA 24502-2269 1026338 434-941-9123 Generator (no fuel storage noted) 434-258-4859 Farmland Justice Farms, LLC Farmland adjacent to newer wells 302 South Jefferson Street 752 acres Roanoke, VA 24011 Highway 17 Bypass NCDOT Spills/Accidents 1501 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1501 877-368-4968 Spills 911 Highway Division 1 113 Airport Drive Suite 100 Edenton, NC 27932 Division Engineer Jerry Jennings, PE 252-482-1850
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PCS Site Owner Contact Potential Contaminant Quantity Halstead Blvd. Ext. NCDOT Spills/Accidents 1501 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1501 877-368-4968 Spills 911 Highway Division 1 113 Airport Drive Suite 100 Edenton, NC 27932 Division Engineer Jerry Jennings, PE 252-482-1850 WTP Residual City of Elizabeth City See Permit in Appendix Storage Permit No. WQOOI4808 Monitoring for Arsenic, City of Elizabeth City WTP Residuals Storage Chromium and Nickel Facility Surface Disposal of Residual Solids (503 Exempt) Pasquotank County Emergency City of Elizabeth City ASTs Generator Fuel 306 E. Colonial Avenue Wellfield 3 & 9 238 gal. Storage Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Wellfield 8 250 “ Mailing Address Wellfield 4 109 “ P. O. Box 347 Wellfield 13 127 “ Elizabeth City, NC Wellfield 14 213 “ 27907-0347 Wellfield 15 127 “ Phone Wellfield 16 127 “ 252-335-2196 Wellfield Complex 1,500 “ (near Wells 1 & 4)
*Where listed on the PCS Data Chart, “small quantities” refers either to unknown amounts totaling less than 100-gallons or 100-pounds or small quantities (<100 gallons or pounds combined).
Figure 18. City of Elizabeth City Potential Contaminant Source (PCS) Inventory
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Morris Auto
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Aerial view of nursery, 849 Wellfield Rd.
Nursery – 849 Wellfield Rd.
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Pasquotank County Tower C Site
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American Tower
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Farm Facility, 705 Forest Park Road
Farm Facility, 705 Forest Park Road
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Farm Facility, 705 Forest Park Road
Time Warner Cable/Charter Communications, 963 Thunder Road
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Figure 19. Elizabeth City WHPA with PCSs
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Figure 20. Elizabeth City WHPA with PCSs
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Figure 21. Elizabeth City WHPA with PCSs
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PCS List Summary and Additional Comment
Gibbons BP – FTF – Identified on the maps as a Pollution Incident in the SWAP PCSs is incorrectly located. Its address is Highway 158 and Water Street, which is miles from Elizabeth City’s Wellhead Protection Area.
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Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment Method
For each WHPA, the PCSs were ranked according to the threat each presented to the water supply well or wells. The following method was used to rank each PCS in each WHPA:
Each PCS was assigned to a risk category of higher, moderate, or lower based on information adapted from the EPA (1993), and from the Oregon Wellhead Protection Program (See Classification Chart in Appendix). Each PCS was assigned a numerical "category" score to correspond with the risk category (e.g., higher (H)-3, moderate (M)-2, lower (L)-1). Sites with known soil and/or groundwater contamination were assigned a score of “4” and a symbol of “X.” Each site of potential or known contamination was then assigned a "proximity" score calculated with the following equation: proximity score =1- (distance from the well (or well center point for combined wells)/radius of the WHPA)
The final PCS ranking was obtained by multiplying the category score by the proximity score for each potential contaminant site. This resulted in a relative ranking of each PCS within a given WHPA according to the threat it poses to the water supply well. Assessing the relative risk of contamination within each WHPA from the PCSs it contains allows for a determination of (1) which water supply wells are at greatest risk of contamination, and (2) which PCSs should be considered first with respect to wellhead protection. Once the risk assessment is carried out, priorities can be set to more effectively manage the PCSs. Elizabeth City’s numerical Risk Assessment is found in Figure 22. on the following pages.
Additional Risk Assessment
The map in Figure 23. showing the preliminary volumetric delineations of each well was used to calculate the risk assessment score assigned in the chart in Figure 22. As can be seen in that map there are several PCSs that fall outside the preliminary circle delineated, but still inside the final Wellhead Protection Area. These PCSs are listed below in order of the Risk they might pose to the closest wells.
1. The Farm Operation Facility at 705 Forest Park Rd. presents a Moderate Risk to Well # 5. As described in the table and as can be seen from the pictures, the facility operates numerous above ground storage tanks containing fuels and farm chemicals that don’t seem to have any secondary containment or protection from seepage or spills. It is approximately 2,068 ft. southeast of the well. Because there is almost no slope in the area, it is assumed that the groundwater flow direction varies and could be influenced by the pumping of the well.
2. Walmart Lift Station # 45, Walmart Auto Center, Murphy USA, the Honda Dealership, the Seven Eleven and the Hall Honda Lift Station # 49 all present a Low to Moderate Risk to Wells 7, 8, and 9. The PCSs range from 2,980 to 3,673 feet south of the four wells.
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Well # 1 Risk Radius Distance Proximity Overall PCS Site Category (ft.) Well (ft.) Score Well Pasquotank County Tower Site C 2 3000 935 0.69 1.4 Time Warner Cable/Charter 3 3000 867 0.71 2.1 Martha Bundy Farmland 2 3000 885 0.71 1.4 Generator Fuel 3 3000 50 0.98 3.0 Total 7.9 Well # 2 Pasquotank County Tower Site C 2 1500 678 0.55 1.1 Time Warner Cable/Charter 3 1500 1278 0.15 0.4 Total 1.5 Well # 3 Morris Auto Sales 3 3000 200 0.93 2.8 Nursery 3 3000 712 0.76 2.3 Elizabeth City Spray 3 3000 1525 0.49 1.5 US Cellular Tower 2 3000 1616 0.46 0.9 LU Tower 1 3000 2120 0.29 0.3 Generator Fuel 3 3000 50 0.98 3.0 Total 10.7 Well # 4 Pasquotank County Tower Site C 2 2000 1766 0.12 0.2 Time Warner Cable/Charter 3 2000 1559 0.22 0.7 Martha Bundy Farmland 2 2000 1242 0.38 0.8 Generator Fuel 3 2000 50 0.98 2.9 Total 4.6 Well # 5 Time Warner Cable/Charter 3 1000 649 0.35 1.1 Total 1.1 Well # 7 Highway 17 Bypass 2 1000 698 0.30 0.6 Total 0.6 Well # 8 Morris Auto Sales 3 2000 1215 0.39 1.2 US Cellular Tower 2 2000 1233 0.38 0.8 EC Sludge 3 2000 1612 0.19 0.6 Generator Fuel 3 2000 50 0.98 2.9 Total 5.5
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Risk Radius Distance Proximity Overall PCS Site Category (ft.) Well (ft.) Score Well Well # 9 EC Sludge 3 1500 581 0.61 1.8 Morris Auto Sales 3 1500 1277 0.15 0.4 Generator Fuel 3 1500 50 0.97 2.9 Total 5.2 Well # 10 Nursery 3 2000 609 0.70 2.1 Morris Auto Sales 3 2000 1706 0.15 0.4 Total 2.5 Well # 11 Elizabeth City Substation 2 1500 285 0.81 1.6 West Lawn Cemetery 2 1500 1160 0.23 0.5 Total 2.1 Well # 13 LU Tower 2 2000 1918 0.04 0.1 Justice Farms, LLC 1 2000 265 0.87 0.9 Generator Fuel 3 2000 50 0.98 2.9 Total 3.9 Well # 14 LU Tower 2 3000 268 0.91 1.8 US Cellular Tower 2 3000 679 0.77 1.5 Morris Auto Sales 3 3000 644 0.79 2.4 Nursery 3 3000 1797 0.40 1.2 Justice Farms, LLC 1 3000 576 0.81 0.8 Generator Fuel 3 3000 50 0.98 3.0 Total 10.7 Well # 15 LU Tower 2 2000 1828 0.09 0.2 Justice Farms, LLC 1 2000 1036 0.48 0.5 Morris Auto Sales 3 2000 269 0.87 2.6 Nursery 3 2000 1192 0.40 1.2 Generator Fuel 3 2000 50 0.98 2.9 Total 7.4 Well # 16 LU Tower 2 2000 938 0.53 1.1 US Cellular Tower 2 2000 1581 0.21 0.4 Justice Farms, LLC 2 2000 253 0.87 1.7 Morris Auto Sales 3 2000 644 0.68 2.0 Generator Fuel 3 2000 50 0.98 2.9 Total 8.2
Figure 22. Risk Assessment for the City of Elizabeth City
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Figure 23. Map used for numerical Risk Assessment
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Risk Assessment Summary
The City of Elizabeth City’s water source is fourteen groundwater wells which have been assigned a qualitative susceptibility rating of Moderate and Lower, based on a contaminant and an inherent vulnerability ratings of Lower, Moderate, and Higher as seen in the following table in its Source Water Assessment Program Report. The rating process is described in detail in Sections 3 and 6 of the Report. The City of Elizabeth City’s entire SWAP Report along with a wealth of other information about water sources in North Carolina can be found on the PWS website, http://www.ncwater.org/pws/SWAP_susceptibility_results.HTM.
Figure 23. The City of Elizabeth City’s SWAP Results Summary from April 2017 Report.
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The wells that would appear to be at the highest risk to potential contamination of all of the City of Elizabeth City’s wells would be the Wells # 3 and #14. They received the highest score in the risk assessment. Risk assessment of all of the wells according to their score is as follows with number 1 being highest.
1. Well # 3 – 10.7 2. Well # 14 – 10.7 3. Well # 16 – 8.2 4. Well # 1 – 7.9 5. Well # 15 – 7.4 6. Well # 8 - 5.5 (see Additional Risk Assessment p. 38) 7. Well # 9 – 5.1 (see Additional Risk Assessment p. 38) 8. Well # 4 – 4.6 9. Well # 13 – 3.9 10. Well # 10 – 2.5 11. Well # 11 – 2.1 12. Well # 2 – 1.5 13. Well # 5 - 1.1 (see Additional Risk Assessment p. 38) 14. Well # 7 – 0.6 (see Additional Risk Assessment p. 38)
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Management of the Wellhead Protection Area
There are two methods of managing a Wellhead Protection Area. They are regulatory and non- regulatory. The City of Elizabeth City has chosen a non-regulatory approach to manage its wellhead protection area, which will include the following: A Wellhead Protection Brochure and/or newsletter will be delivered to each resident, business, agricultural operation and industry within the Wellhead Protection Area. Copies of this brochure will be made available at the City Hall, Public Library, and other locations deemed necessary for public education on Wellhead Protection. Distribution of a brochure to all residents within the WHPA will be considered, possibly by mailing a copy in each water bill. In general, the brochure and/or newsletter will convey to each citizen/business the following information:
• An explanation of what ground water is and the number of wells in their particular system • An explanation of the Wellhead Protection Program. • Sources of ground-water pollution • Tips on protecting their water supply • Information on proper disposal of household hazardous wastes and oils (i.e., not disposed of through septic systems, pouring on ground, or through regular garbage collection) • Information on proper use of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides • Information on household hazardous waste collection opportunities • Information on proper maintenance of heating oil tanks and septic systems • Phone numbers to contact for more information
The City of Elizabeth City will provide information to each business, industry, and farm located within the WHPA on waste handling practices, best management practices, standard operating procedures, and waste oil disposal methods which could be employed to reduce the potential for ground water contamination. The City of Elizabeth City will also provide information regarding the North Carolina Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS) to each business, industry, and farm located within the WHPA. Owners/operators of potential contamination sources will be encouraged to contact the DEACS. The DEACS provides free technical and other non-regulatory assistance to reduce the amount of waste released into the air and water and on the land. The DEACS serves as a central repository for waste reduction and pollution prevention information. The DEACS emphasizes waste reduction through pollution prevention, encourages companies and government agencies to go beyond compliance, and provides information about the environmental permitting process. This information is provided at no charge to North Carolina businesses, industries, government agencies, and the general public upon request. For additional information, the DEACS may be contacted at 1-877-623-6748 or to report an environmental emergency, call 1-800-858-0368. Their website is http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/deao/.
Personnel at the City of Elizabeth City will be educated on Wellhead Protection and steps they can take to reduce the potential for contamination (e.g., information about best management practices, standard operating procedures, waste handling practices, etc.). The City of Elizabeth City will also contact the North Carolina Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS) to investigate steps that the City can take to reduce the amount of waste released into the air and water and on the land at City owned and/or managed facilities.
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Owners of improperly constructed/abandoned wells identified within the WHPAs will be provided information regarding the threat posed to the water supply by these wells. Owners of improperly constructed/abandoned wells will be encouraged to have these wells properly abandoned in accordance with N.C.’s well construction standards found at 15A NCAC 2C.0100, “Criteria and Standards Applicable to Water Supply and Certain Other Wells”. If information exists that a well is improperly constructed or is contributing to the contamination of groundwater, The City of Elizabeth City will notify the Groundwater Protection Section of the Department of Environmental Quality.
Underground Storage Tanks
The City of Elizabeth City will notify any individual, industry, business, or government agency installing or planning to install a regulated underground storage tank within the City’s wellhead protection area of the following regulation:
North Carolina Underground Storage Tank (UST) Regulation 15A NCAC 2N .0301 stipulates specific siting and secondary containment requirements for UST systems installed after January 1, 1991. The rule is summarized as follows: (1) No UST system may be installed within 100 feet of a public water supply well or within 50 feet of any other well used for human consumption. (2) Secondary containment is required for UST systems within 500 feet of a well serving a public water supply or within 100 feet of any other well used for human consumption. Violations of this regulation will be reported to the Division of Waste Management, Underground Storage Tank Section. The UST Section will also be notified of the location of the facility within the WHPA and its proximity to a public water supply well or any other well used for human consumption.
A regulated UST system is any underground storage tank and associated piping that contains petroleum (including gasoline, diesel and used oil) or a hazardous substance as defined by the State rules (15A NCAC 2N). Tanks containing heating oil for use on the premises where stored are not regulated.
All owners/operators of regulated underground storage tanks (USTs) and other facilities subject to federal and/or state regulations located within the WHPA will be requested to supply documentation that their facility is in compliance with said regulations. Operators of UST’s will be asked to supply the City with a copy of their UST permit. If any UST sites are found to be non- compliant, the Underground Storage Tank Section of the State Division of Waste Management will be notified.
If an abandoned UST site is found, the City will contact the North Carolina Division of Waste Management, UST Section, to determine if a closure report was submitted demonstrating that no soil or groundwater contamination was identified during the removal of UST’s. If a closure report was not submitted, the City of Elizabeth City will notify the UST Section of the location of the facility within the WHPA and its proximity to a public water supply well.
For soil or ground-water contamination incidents occurring within the WHPA, the City of Elizabeth City will contact the State agencies with oversight responsibilities for remediation to determine if remediation efforts are proceeding in a timely fashion and in accordance with any schedules established by these agencies. Through this process, the City will bring to the attention of the State agencies with oversight responsibilities for remediation any failures by the responsible parties to comply with required monitoring and corrective action. The City of Elizabeth City will also notify
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the State agencies with oversight responsibilities for remediation of the location of the facilities within the WHPA and their proximity to a public water supply well. The City of Elizabeth City will also contact the State agencies with oversight responsibilities for the contamination incidents and notify them of the locations of any sites issued notices of “No-Further Action” occurring within the WHPAs and will request a review of this assessment.
Solid Waste
The NC Solid Waste Program regulates safe management of solid waste through guidance, technical assistance, regulations, permitting, environmental monitoring, compliance evaluation and enforcement. Information about landfill regulations can be found on their website. http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/sw
The NC Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS) website also provides information about items that are banned from landfills. http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/deao/recycling/banned-materials
Elizabeth City’s website has extensive information about how to recycle or dispose of various types of wastes at Pasquotank County Convenience Centers. https://www.cityofec.com/index.asp?SEC=1FEFA95E-345A-473C-AB16- 01D1CA1E6873&Type=B_BASIC Used motor oil is accepted at the County convenience centers. Pasquotank County Solid Waste can be contacted at 252-335-4105 for additional information about waste disposal. More information is in the Appendix. As of this writing the County is in the process of updating the Solid Waste Section of its website. The County does not have a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day at this time, however the Pasquotank County Cooperative Extension holds an annual pesticide collection day. They can be reached at 252 - 338 – 3954 for more information. The nearest location that sponsors a household hazardous waste collection day would be Currituck County https://co.currituck.nc.us/uncategorized/annual-household-hazardous- waste-collection/. The City of Elizabeth City will consider cooperating with Pasquotank County to organize a household hazardous waste collection day for City and County residents.
Septic Tanks and Heating Oil Tanks
All farms, residents, businesses, and industries in the WHPA with septic tanks and home heating oil tanks will be distributed a copy of the Wellhead Protection Brochure and any other information the City of Elizabeth City can obtain from County and/or State agencies on proper septic tank and heating oil tank maintenance.
Automotive Repair/Salvage
Any automotive repair/salvage business in the Wellhead protection area currently, and any new businesses that move into the Wellhead Protection Area that produce auto wastes (oils, acids, anti- freeze, etc.) will be provided information on waste handling practices, best management practices, standard operating procedures, and waste oil disposal methods which could be employed to reduce the potential for ground water contamination. They will also be provided with information regarding the North Carolina Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS) Owners/operators of these facilities will be encouraged to contact the DEACS.
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Above Ground Storage Tanks
Owners of above ground storage tanks (ASTs) containing oil with a volume greater than 660 gallons or a combination of ASTs with an aggregate volume greater than 1320 gallons are subject to the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations contained in Federal Regulations found at 40 CFR 112. In most cases, these facilities must prepare and implement a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan. The City of Elizabeth City will verify the compliance status with regard to this regulation of each subject AST located within the WHPAs. Facilities with subject ASTs found not to be in compliance with this regulation will be notified of their regulatory responsibility under this regulation.
Wastewater Treatment
The City of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County inspect their wastewater lift stations daily. The wastewater collection system is inspected daily also.
Agricultural Operations/Nurseries
The City of Elizabeth City will contact all agricultural/nursery operations within the WHPA with pesticide storage or otherwise involved with the application of pesticides to ensure that they are pesticide operators licensed by the State of North Carolina and that proper records are maintained to ensure that all NC Pesticide Laws are adhered to. The City of Elizabeth City will provide information to these facilities or agricultural operations on waste handling practices, best management practices, standard operating procedures, and proper waste disposal methods which could be employed to reduce the potential for ground water contamination. These facilities will also be provided with information regarding the North Carolina Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service (DEACS).
The City will also coordinate with the Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program (PDAP) to provide information about proper disposal of pesticides. The PDAP is a consumer services program in the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The PDAP, part of the Structural Pest Control and Pesticides Division, is a NON-REGULATORY program that provides cost-free assistance to farmers and homeowners. The goal of the Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program is to assist these citizens of North Carolina by managing and supervising the safe collection and lawful disposal of banned, out-dated, or unwanted pesticides. Additional information about the PDAP along with the current collection schedule can be located at: http://www.ncagr.gov/SPCAP/pesticides/pdap/
Water Treatment Plant
The City of Elizabeth City’s Water Treatment plant will continue to adhere to the conditions set forth in their Evaporation/Infiltration Lagoon and Surface Disposal of Residual Solids permit. Records regarding groundwater monitoring and laboratory analysis will be properly maintained and submitted according to their required annual reporting schedule. Noncompliance with the permit requirements or any occurrence with the surface disposal program resulting in wastes that are abnormal in quantity or characteristic will be reported as soon as possible, but in no case more than 24 hours or on the next working day following the occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence to the Washington, NC Regional Office, 252-946-6481.
Emergency Generators and Fuel Storage at Wellsites
The City of Elizabeth City will ensure that standard tank filling practices are followed when filling storage tanks to prevent spills and overfills. They will also routinely monitor ASTs to ensure they are not leaking. Areas to inspect will include tank foundations, connections, coatings, tank walls, and the piping system. Integrity testing should be done periodically by a qualified professional and in accordance to applicable standards. See also Above Ground Storage Tank management strategy this page.
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Best Management Practices
EPA/Watershed Academy list of Source Water Protection: Best Management Practices and Other Measures for Protecting Drinking Water Supplies may be found at: https://cfpub.epa.gov/watertrain/pdf/swpbmp.pdf
Best management practices data sheets relevant to potential contaminant sources within Elizabeth City’s Wellhead Protection area have been shared with the Wellhead Protection Committee to be distributed as they deem necessary.
Those BMP Fact Sheets address:
Above Ground Storage Tanks
Agricultural Fertilizer
Chemical Users
Highway Deicing
Large and Small-Scale Pesticide Usage
Auto Salvage
Septic Systems
Stormwater
Turfgrass Fertilizer
Underground Storage Tanks
Vehicle Washing
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Emergency Contingency Plan
The primary person responsible for implementing the emergency contingency plan is the Assistant Public Utilities Director. The back-up person responsible for implementation is the Water Treatment Plant Supervisor.
Should a major oil or chemical spill occur within the Wellhead Protection Area, appropriate emergency agencies would be notified. The first of these would include the Pasquotank County Fire Department and the Pasquotank/Camden/Elizabeth City Emergency Coordinator.
Pasquotank County Fire Department
911
Pasquotank/Camden/Elizabeth City Emergency Coordinator
252-335-4444
If power is lost to the wells there are several emergency generators to supply power to the wells:
Wells 1 & 2 – Well Field Complex (811 Wellfield Road) – 455KW Wells 3 & 9 – Wellfield Road – 55KW Well 4 - Wellfield Road - 55KW Well 8 – Wellfield Road - 50KW Well 13 – Wellfield Road – 40KW Well 14 – Wellfield Road – 80KW Well 15 – Wellfield Road – 40KW Well 16 – Wellfield Road – 40KW
If evidence exists indicating that a well is contaminated, it will immediately be taken off line and not returned to service until it is determined that water quality from the impacted well is in compliance with standards governing public water supplies. Additionally, tests would be conducted to determine if the contamination was present in the combined source water. Depending on results, the City will take each of the following steps to raise awareness as necessary. If one of Elizabeth City's well were to become contaminated, residents would be notified by radio, television, newspaper, door-to-door and by telephone not to drink the water until further notice. The regional office of the Public Water Supply Section would be notified immediately of the situation and asked for assistance. Sampling (i.e. bacteriological, VOCs, SOCs, etc.) would begin to determine the contaminant involved and the extent of contamination. A systematic flushing of the distribution system would begin with follow-up sampling conducted as needed until the system was determined to be free of contamination and in compliance with standards governing public water supplies. After consultation with the Public Water Supply Section, residents would be notified that Elizabeth City’s water was once again safe for consumption.
Short Term Contingency Plan – The City of Elizabeth City has the capacity to store approximately 9.5 million gallons of water in seven storage tanks. It uses an average of 1.65 million gallons per day so if tanks were filled to capacity, they would have water for approximately 6.75 days should an emergency occur where they could not use their wells.
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Long Term Contingency Plan - The City of Elizabeth City is connected to Pasquotank and Camden County’s water supply and in the case of a disruption can supply water to or be supplied water by switching a valve for the long-term until the cause of the disruption can be corrected and safe water can be delivered to the City’s customers (i.e. contamination remediated or a new well site can be acquired and a new well brought into service).
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Emergency Contact Numbers and Additional Resources:
Name Resource Primary person responsible for implementing Emergency Response emergency contingency plan Name & Position: Amanda Boone Assistant Public Works Director Office: 252-335-2196 Cell: 252-340-1128 Secondary Person Name & Position: Travis Tucker WTP Superintendent Office: 252-335-2196 Cell: 252-340-1484 Home: 540-327-3258 Local Resources: Pasquotank County Emergency Management 252-335-4444 NC Department of Environment & Natural Regional Water Quality Section, Public Water Resources, Supply Section, UST Section, Aquifer Washington Regional Office Protection Section, Hazardous Waste Section 943 Washington Square Mall Spills, Regulatory information and technical Washington, NC 27889 assistance Phone: 252-946-6481 Groundwater Incidents Fax: 252-975-3716 Department of Transportation Emergency spill notification District Traffic Engineer Mr. Michael Poe 1561 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1561 Local Office – 828-265-5380 Army National Guard Emergencies, as available: 600 Westover Street Generators, 400-gallon water trailers, bottled Elizabeth City, NC 27909 water, transportation Phone: 252 - 335-5780 NC Rural Water Association Technical assistance Post Office Box 590 Education Welcome, NC 27374 336-731-6963 North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Educational brochures, publications Campus Box 7602 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7602 919-515-2811 www..bae.ncsu.edu
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Name Resource US EPA Regional Office Above ground storage tank information AST/SPCC Program Region IV 61 Forsyth Street Atlanta, GA 30365-3415 404-562-8761 www.epa.gov/oilspill US EPA Regional Office Educational brochures, publications GW & UIC Section Region IV Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsythe St. Atlanta, GA 30303-8960 www.epa.gov Division of Environmental Assistance and Technical and non-regulatory assistance to Customer Service (DEACS) reduce waste 1639 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1639 1 877-623-6748 Emergency 1-800-858-0368 http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/deao/ National Small Flows Clearinghouse Pamphlets, brochures, training aids West Virginia University Post Office Box 6064 Morganton, WV 26506-6064 800-624-8301 http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/sitemap.cfm
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Public Participation
The City of Elizabeth City will request a call for Public Hearing at their City Council meeting on Monday, August 27, 2018. They will post a notice in the local newspaper notifying the public about the development of their Wellhead Protection Plan (WHPP), and the Public Hearing. They will also post a draft copy of their WHPP their website until the next Council meeting to be held on September 10, 2018. The public will be invited to review a draft copy of the plan and make comments. Any comments received and considered to be beneficial will be incorporated into the final copy of the WHPP. Documentation of public notification and hearing will be filed with this Plan, along with a copy of the Authority Letter referring to this edited version of the WHPP and dated August 24, 2018 that will be executed at the September 10, 2018 Council meeting.
New Public Water Supply Wells
The City of Elizabeth City will amend its Wellhead Protection Plan to include any new well(s) added to its water system. The following steps will be taken to address any new wells added to the water system.
1. Develop a preliminary WHPA for the proposed well in order to determine the area of vulnerability. 2. Develop a contaminant source inventory for the preliminary WHPA. 3. Submit the information obtained in items 1 and 2 above to the WPC committee identified in Section 1. Any information required by the Public Water Supply Section (PWSS) relating to the development and construction of new public water supply (PWS) wells must also be submitted. 4. If the WPC committee grants provisional approval of the proposed WHP Plan and the PWSS grants approval to construct or expand the PWS well or well system, then work may proceed with well construction. 5. Finalize the WHPA delineation for the new well. 6. Finalize the contaminant source inventory for the WHPA. 7. Submit finalized WHPA and contaminant source inventory to the WPC committee. 8. Once approval is received, implement any necessary regulatory and or non-regulatory potential source management practices. 9. Submit the amended WHP Plan and all necessary supporting information to the PWSS for review and approval.
Future Wellhead Protection
The City of Elizabeth City is aware that an effective local Wellhead Protection (WHP) Program is an ongoing process requiring monitoring of the Wellhead Protection Area (WHPA) and periodic review and updating of an approved WHP Plan. Therefore, the City of Elizabeth City’s WHP Committee will monitor the WHPA for any new or previously unidentified potential contaminant sources (PCSs) and activities occurring within the approved WHPAs. The City will amend the PCS inventory and other Plan components (e.g. the management strategies, emergency contingency plan, etc.) as necessary to incorporate any new threats to the City’s ground-water source of drinking water. Additionally, the PCS inventory will be updated annually using the same procedures used to develop the original PCS inventory. The City of Elizabeth City will also fully update the WHP Plan every five years or at any time a new well is constructed for use with the City’s water supply system or a major land use change occurs within a WHPA. The individual responsible for
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implementation of the WHP Plan will submit notification to the Public Water Supply Section annually upon completion of the PCS inventory update or immediately following the completion of a major revision. Any amended or revised sections of the approved WHP Plan resulting from an update or revision will also be submitted upon completion.
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References
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Health, Public Water Supply Section, The North Carolina Wellhead Protection Guidebook, Developing a Local Wellhead Protection Program, 2003
NC Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources, Washington Regional Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC 27889, Phone: 252-946-6481, Fax: 252- 975-3716
Pasquotank County’s website https://www.pasquotankcountync.org/
Elizabeth City’s website https://www.cityofec.com/
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Appendix Well Information SDWIS Data WTP Residuals Storage Facility Permit WQ0014808 SWAP Database Information PCS Risk Assessment DEACS Information Pasquotank County Landfill Information
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250
200
485
OOS
125
433
188
333
124
50
329
380
256
310
F2016AvgFl
2010
2010
2010
2010
1998
1996
1993
1996
1981
1999
1971
1967
1966
1964
Date_Drill
70.2
72
95.5
67.2
111
115
112
115
28
103
80
60
65
60
CasingDpt
64
66
89
60
63
47
44
44
80
95
93
65
65
PumpIntake
125
350
330
100
80
350
500
250
300
PumpCap
15
15
30
20
15
20
10
15
7.5
5
20
30
7.5
10
PumpHP
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
AUXPower
68-108
70-105
93-113
65-100
50-65
85-110
97-107
90-110
56-66
78-98
94-119
94-120
57-87
98-101
Screens
44
43
62
42
36
58
69
50
48
42
79
50
57
49
PumpingLvl
24
24
44
34
14
47
56
37
12
29
43
31
43
42
StaticLvl
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
6
8
10
10
8
8
DiameterIN
113
110
118
105
126
130
117
126
94
103
140
110
113
117
DepthFT
300
250
485
150
125
375
200
400
100
50
380
400
200
300
FlowGPM
9
8
7
5
4
3
2
1
16
15
14
13
11 10
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Databases used in the Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) and Searched during the PCS inventory
Potential Contaminant Source Data
To maintain a common basis for assessing sources of public drinking water in North Carolina, only regulatory agency databases with state-wide coverage were used to develop the inventory of Potential Contaminant Sources (PCSs). Within these databases, only those PCSs with available location data could be used. It is recognized that some problems exist with respect to the accuracy, reliability, quality and completeness of the data obtained from regulatory agency databases.
Considering fiscal and schedule constraints, the North Carolina Public Water Supply Section and the Technical Advisory Committee determined that the assessments for approximately 6,000 sources of drinking water must be based on established statewide data. Also, it was determined that analysis of the data and creation of the assessment reports would need to be an automated process utilizing a Geographic Information System (GIS). Therefore, it must be recognized that the assessment results are based on limited data and analysis techniques.
Potential Contamination Source Information
All PCS datasets are provided to Public Water Supply "as is". Therefore the accuracy of the location data is unverified. The Public Water Supply Section makes no claim or guarantee of data quality, correctness, completeness or validity and does not warranty or assure this data in any way. Unless otherwise noted, all data containing latitude and longitude in decimal degrees was included in the assessments. Records that do not have location information are not used. A GIS shapefile is created using the latitude and longitude in decimal degrees. Each record is checked to determine if the plotted location of the record matched with the value given in the county field for the record. Any record that does not have a matching county location is not included in the assessments.
Animal Operations
This database contains permitted facilities for animal operations consisting of swine, cattle, poultry and horse farms that are required to have Certified Animal Waste Management Plans (CAWMP). Animal operations are defined by General Statute 143-215.10B as feedlots involving more than 250 swine, 100 confined cattle, 75 horses, 1,000 sheep, or 30,000 poultry with a liquid waste management system.
Division of Water Resources (DWR) rules mandate that all facilities in operation prior to January 1, 1994 register with the division. Since January 1, 1994 any new facilities were required to obtain a CAWMP before starting their animal operation. In addition, any facilities in operation prior to January 1, 1994 were required to obtain a CAWMP by December 31, 1997. As of January 1, 1997 all new facilities were required to obtain a permit from DWR prior to construction and be certified prior to startup, and all existing facilities were to be permitted by DWR over the next 5 years.
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Data was obtained from the Division of Water Resources, Regional Operations Section, Animal Feeding Operations Branch in January of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the Animal Feeding Operations staff by phone at 919-807-6464 or click here http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-permits/wastewater- branch/animal-feeding-operation-permits/afo-program-summary to visit their web site.
CERCLIS Sites
The Superfund program was created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act. The acts established authority for the government to respond to the release/threat of release of hazardous wastes, including cleanup and enforcement actions. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) is a database used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to track activities conducted under its Superfund program. CERCLIS contains data on potentially hazardous waste sites that have been reported to the EPA. Sites investigated because of a potential for releasing hazardous substances into the environment are added to the CERCLIS inventory. EPA learns of these sites through notification by the owner, citizen complaints, state and local government identification, and investigations by EPA programs other than Superfund.
Data was obtained from the Division of Waste Management, Superfund Section in December of 2013. For additional information about this data, contact the Superfund Section by phone at 919- 707-8329 or click here https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/superfund- section/federal-remediation-branch to visit their web site.
National Priority List Sites
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, created the Superfund program. The acts established authority for the government to respond to the release/threat of release of hazardous wastes, including cleanup and enforcement actions. Long-term cleanups at National Priority List (NPL) sites last more than a year while short term /emergency cleanups are usually completed in less than a year. Sites are listed on the NPL upon completion of a Hazard Ranking System (HRS) screening, public solicitation of comments about the proposed site, and after all comments have been addressed. Section 105(a)(8)(B) of CERCLA, as amended, requires that the statutory criteria provided by the HRS be used to prepare a list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States. This list, which is Appendix B of the National Contingency Plan, is the NPL.
The identification of a site for the NPL is intended to guide EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation to assess the nature and extent of the human health and environmental risks associated with a site, identifying what CERCLA-financed remedial actions may be appropriate, notifying the public of sites EPA believes warrant further investigation; and serving notice to potentially responsible parties that EPA may initiate CERCLA-financed remedial action. Inclusion of a site on the NPL does not in itself reflect a judgment of the activities of its owner or operator, it does not require those persons to undertake any action, nor does it assign liability to any person. The NPL serves primarily informational purposes, identifying for the States and the public those sites or other releases that appear to warrant remedial actions.
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Data was obtained from the U.S. EPA, Region 4 Superfund Program in January of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the program by phone at 404-562-9634 or click here https://www.epa.gov/superfund/search-superfund-sites-where-you-live to visit their web site.
Non-Discharge Permits
The non-discharge database identifies industrial and municipal facilities that are permitted to operate any sewer system, treatment works, disposal system, petroleum contaminated soil treatment system, animal waste management system, storm water management system or residual disposal/utilization system which does not discharge to surface waters of the state, including systems which discharge waste onto or below land surface. Data was obtained from the Division of Water Resources, Water Quality Permitting Section, Non-Discharge Permitting Unit in January of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the unit staff by phone at 919-807-6453 or click here http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-permits/wastewater- branch/non-discharge-permitting to visit their web site.
NPDES Permits
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) database identifies facilities permitted for the operation of point source discharges to surface waters in accordance with the requirements of Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Point sources are discrete conveyances such as pipes or man-made ditches. Industrial, municipal, and other facilities must obtain permits if their discharges go directly to surface waters. The NPDES permit program controls water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants into public waters. Data was obtained from the Division of Water Resources, Water Quality Permitting Section, NPDES Wastewater Permitting and Compliance Program in June of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the program staff by phone at 919-807-6300 or click here http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-permits/wastewater- branch/npdes-wastewater-permits to visit their web site.
Old Landfill Sites
Locations of non-permitted landfills that closed prior to January 1, 1983, when waste disposal permitting regulations commenced. These sites are not currently in operation. Data was obtained from the Division of Waste Management, Superfund Section, Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch (IHSB) in January of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the Division of Waste Management staff by phone at 919-707-8200 or click here http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/sf/ihs/ihsoldlf to visit their web site. Since 2000 the IHSB has conducted a geographic inventory of the old landfills in 46 counties throughout North Carolina. Although they are working to inventory the old landfill sites statewide, the geographic locations of these sites in the remaining counties are much less reliable. You may contact the IHSB for a list of the 46 counties.
PCB Sites
This database identifies generators, transporters, commercial storers and/or brokers and disposers of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). Concern over the toxicity and persistence in the environment of PCBs resulted in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that prohibited the
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manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of PCBs. Thus, TSCA legislated true "cradle to grave" (i.e., from manufacture to disposal) management of PCBs in the United States. PCBs are mixtures of synthetic organic chemicals with the same basic chemical structure and similar physical properties ranging from oily liquids to waxy solids. Due to their non- flammability, chemical stability, high boiling point and electrical insulating properties, PCBs were used in hundreds of industrial and commercial applications including electrical, heat transfer, and hydraulic equipment, plastics and rubber and many other applications. Data was obtained from the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics in March of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the PCB staff at 404-562-8512 or click here: https://www.epa.gov/pcbs/learn-about-polychlorinated-biphenyls- pcbs to visit their web site. This data was processed additionally in the following manner: Each record that contained a physical address that could be address matched using the Geographic Data Technology address database was included in the assessments. Public Water Supply Section staff performed the address matching.
Pollution Incidents
This database contains information regarding the release of pollutants into the environment that have or are likely to have, impact on the ground water resources of the State. The initial information regarding these releases is usually obtained from concerned citizens or responsible parties, who report a release to the Department of Environmental Quality. After an incident is reported, regional office staff investigate the reported incident and enter the results of their investigation into a statewide database. This database contains an inventory of reported incidents from leaking underground storage tanks and sites contaminated with dry cleaning solvents. Substances released into the environment include gasoline and solvents used in the dry cleaning process. There are two main sources for this data. The Division of Waste Management, Underground Storage Tank Section provided information on the pollution incidents that resulted from a leaking underground storage tank. The Division of Waste Management, Dry-cleaning Solvent Cleanup Act Program provided information on their sites. In January 2015, data was obtained from the Underground Storage Tank Section. For additional information about this data, contact the UST section staff by phone at 919-707-8171 or click here http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/ust to visit their web site. In January of 2015, data was obtained from the Division of Waste Management, Dry-cleaning Solvent Cleanup Act Program. For Additional information contact the staff by phone at 919-707-8369 or visit their web site at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/dsca
RCRA Hazardous Waste Generators/Transporters
This database has records for all hazardous waste generators and transporters as defined by the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA). Hazardous waste as defined by RCRA is waste material that exhibits ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity. Chemical, metal, and furniture manufacturing are some examples of processes that create hazardous waste. RCRA tightly regulates all hazardous waste from "cradle to grave" (i.e., from manufacture to disposal). Data was obtained from the Division of Waste Management, Hazardous Waste Section in January of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the Hazardous Waste Section staff by phone at 919-707-8200 or click here http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/waste- management-rules/hazardous-waste-rules to visit the web site.
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RCRA TSD Sites
Treatment/Storage/Disposal (TSD) sites are facilities that are engaged in the activities of the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste. Under the RCRA, TSD activity can occur only at facilities that received or stored hazardous waste after November 19, 1980, the effective date of the RCRA regulations. Data was obtained from the Division of Waste Management in January of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact Hazardous Waste Section staff by phone at 919-707-8202 or click here http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/waste-management- permits/hazardous-waste-section-permits to visit their web site.
Septage Disposal Sites
This database contains information on permitted, dedicated sites where septage is land applied. The Septage Management Program assures that septage (a fluid mixture of untreated and partially treated sewage solids, liquids and sludge of human or domestic origin that is removed from a septic tank system) is managed in a responsible, safe and consistent manner across the state. Data was obtained from the Division of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section in January of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the Septage Management Program staff by phone at 919-707-8280 or click here https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste- management/waste-management-rules/septage to visit their website.
Soil Remediation Sites
This database contains information on permitted, dedicated sites where soil contaminated by leaking petroleum or chemical storage tanks can be taken for bioremediation. Bioremediation is a treatment process that uses naturally occurring microorganisms (yeast, fungi, or bacteria) to break down, or degrade, hazardous substances. These microorganisms break down organic compounds such as petroleum products that are hazardous to humans into harmless products, mainly carbon dioxide and water. Data was obtained from the Division of Waste Management, Underground Storage Tank Section, Corrective Action Branch in January of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the Corrective Action Branch staff by phone at 919-707-8171 or click here http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/underground-storage-tanks- section/corrective-action-branch to visit their web site. Solid Waste Facilities Solid waste includes garbage, construction debris, commercial refuse, sludge from water supply or waste treatment plants, or air pollution control facilities, and other discarded materials. The database contains an inventory of closed, unlined landfills that were primarily operated by municipalities. How to manage solid waste has been a problem for decades. In the early 1960s, cities and towns across the country practiced open air burning of trash. In response, Congress passed the Solid Waste Disposal Act in 1965 as part of the amendments to the Clean Air Act. This was the first federal law that required environmentally sound methods for disposal of household, municipal, commercial, and industrial waste. However, the initial design of the "sanitary" landfill fouled ground water, soil, surface water, and air because of improper disposal methods. Engineers have since designed new liners and leachate treatment systems to prevent environmental degradation. Data was obtained from the North Carolina Division of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section in January of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the Solid Waste Section
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staff by phone at 919-707-8200 or click here http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste- management/solid-waste-section to visit their website.
Tier II Sites
This database contains an inventory of facilities that store types and amounts of hazardous materials and are subject to the reporting requirements of SARA Title III Section 312, Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Tier II forms require basic facility identification information, employee contact information for both emergencies and non-emergencies, and information about chemicals stored or used at the facility including: - The chemical name or the common name as indicated on the MSDS; - An estimate of the maximum amount of the chemical present at any time during the preceding calendar year and the average daily amount; - A brief description of the manner of storage of the chemical; - The location of the chemical at the facility; and - An indication of whether the owner of the facility elects to withhold location information from disclosure to the public. Data was obtained from the Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management in November of 2013. For additional information about this data contact the Division of Emergency Management staff at 919-436-2746 or click here http://www.ncdps.gov/Emergency- Management/Hazardous-Materials/EPCRA-Tier-2 to visit their website.
UIC Permits
The Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program protects groundwater quality by preventing illegal waste disposal and by regulating the construction and operation of wells used for injecting approved substances, aquifer recharge, and other activities. The most common types of injection wells in North Carolina are used for: • Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)
• Geothermal Heating and Cooling
• In-Situ Groundwater Remediation
• Stormwater infiltration - effective May 1, 2012
Data was obtained from the Division of Water Resources, Water Quality Regional Operations Section in January of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the UIC Program staff by phone at 919-807-6496 or click here https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water- resources/water-resources-permits/wastewater-branch/ground-water-protection/injection-wells to visit their web site.
UST Permits
An underground storage tank system (UST) is a tank and any underground piping connected to the tank that has at least 10 percent of its combined volume underground. The federal UST regulations apply only to underground tanks and piping storing either petroleum or certain hazardous substances. These facilities are regulated under Subtitle I of RCRA and must be registered with the state and receive an operating permit annually. Until the mid-1980s, most
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USTs were made of bare steel, which is likely to corrode over time and allow UST contents to leak into the environment. Faulty installation or inadequate operating and maintenance procedures also can cause USTs to release their contents into the environment. The greatest potential hazard from a leaking UST is that the petroleum or other hazardous substance can seep into the soil and contaminate ground water. A leaking UST can also present other health and environmental risks, including the potential for fire and explosion. The facilities shown in this database have tanks registered with the UST Section. Data was obtained from the Division of Waste Management, Underground Storage Tank Section in March of 2015. For additional information about this data, contact the Underground Storage Tank Section staff by phone at 919-707-8171 or click here http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/waste-management/underground-storage-tanks-section to visit their web site.
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Potential Contamination Sources by Risk Category
Higher Risk Potential Contamination Sources for Ground Water PWS Systems
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURAL/RURAL Automobile Body shops Farm machinery repair Gas stations Rural machine shops Repair shops *Intensive livestock operations; Lagoons, spray fields Chemical /petroleum processing/storage Fertilizer, pesticide, and petroleum *Sewer lines storage, distribution, handling, Utility right-of-way/pesticide use mixing, and cleaning areas Chemical/petroleum pipelines *Sewage sludge (biosolids) storage, Wood/pulp/paper processing and mills handling, mixing and cleaning areas Dry cleaners *Sewage sludge (biosolids) land Electrical/electronic manufacturing application Fleet/trucking/bus terminals Unauthorized/illegal disposal of Furniture repair/manufacturing wastes/chemicals Home manufacturing Junk/scrap/salvage yards Machine shops Metal plating/finishing/fabricating Mines/sand or gravel excavations RESIDENTIAL/MUNICIPAL Parking lots/malls (>50 spaces) Airports - maintenance/fueling areas Photo processing/printing Railroad yards/maintenance/fueling areas Plastics/synthetics producers Landfills/dumps Research laboratories Utility stations - maintenance areas *Septic systems - high density (>1/acre) OTHER *Sewer lines Road salt storage areas *Stormwater drains/discharges Military installations Fertilizer, pesticide, sewage sludge (for classified risks not otherwise listed)
Notes: 1. This is a list of potential sources of contamination not a list of known databases of contaminants. 2. Higher risk potential contaminant sources are considered to have a higher potential for drinking water contamination than those designated moderate risk or lower risk Facility- specific management practices are not taken into account in estimating risks and assigning these categories. 3. An asterisk [*] indicates activities that may be associated with microbiological contamination.
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Potential Contamination Sources by Risk Category (Con't)
Moderate Risk PCSs Lower Risk PCSs
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL Car washes Office buildings/complexes Cement/concrete plants RV/mini storage Food processing Hardware/lumber/parts stores AGRICULTURAL/RURAL Crops, non-irrigated (grains, grass seeds, hay) AGRICULTURAL/RURAL *Rangeland *Auction lots Managed forests/silviculture *Boarding stables Crops, irrigated (berries, Christmas trees, hops, mint, orchards, vineyards, nurseries, RESIDENTIAL/MUNICIPAL greenhouses, vegetables, sod) Apartments and condominiums NOTE: Drip-irrigated crops are Campgrounds/RV parks considered lower risks. Fire stations Drinking water treatment plant Schools residuals/sludge application Housing – low density (< 1 house/.5 acres)
RESIDENTIAL/MUNICIPAL Drinking water treatment plants OTHER Golf courses Medical/dental offices/clinics Housing - high density Veterinary offices/clinics (>1 house/.5 acres) Motor pools Parks Waste transfer/recycling stations Wastewater treatment plants collection stations
OTHER Above ground storage tanks Construction/demolition areas Hospitals Transportation corridors Freeways/state highways Railroads Right-of-way maintenance (herbicide use areas) Irrigation, water supply, or monitoring wells
SOURCE: Adapted from EPA (1993), and from the Oregon Wellhead Protection Program
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Pasquotank County Solid Waste/Recycling Recycling saves county tax dollars, landfill space, natural resources and energy. Please do your part to help protect the environment. The Pasquotank County Recycling program is pleased to announce that CARTONS are now being accepted in the residential and municipal recycling programs! Examples of cartons that are now recyclable include milk, juice, broth, soup, wine, etc. When recycling cartons, please empty, rinse and recap without flattening the carton. Cartons need to be in its three dimensional shape to be sorted at the plant.
Our recycling contractor, Bay Disposal and Recycling has been working with the Carton Council since January 2017 to add carton sorting capability at their recyclables processing facility. Bay has invested over $500,000 in equipment upgrades and has added a new position for this purpose. For more information on the The Pasquotank County Recycling program, please visit http://www.co.pasquotank.nc.us/solidwaste.htm Aluminum, Steel and Plastic Containers Accepted at all sites and commingled in same container. No foil paper or food contaminated containers. No grocery bags, toys, lawn furniture or large bulky items. Mixed Glass All colors of glass accepted. No light bulbs. Mixed Paper Products Cardboard boxes, magazines, telephone books, soft and hard cover books, newspaper, junk mail, greeting and post cards, shredded paper and paperboard. NO PIZZA BOXES please. Remove all Styrofoam and packing materials before recycling boxes. Wooden Pallets All sites accept wooden pallets for recycling. Large loads of pallets should be taken to the landfill site. Lawn Clippings and Debris All yard clippings, tree limbs less than 8 feet and 4 inches in diameter are accepted. White Goods/Mixed Metal Accepted at all sites. Old appliances like washing machines, stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners, metal bed frames, bicycles, metal objects. Remove all food from refrigerators and freezers before recycling. Electronic Waste Electronic waste is banned from NC Landfills. Electronic waste can be recycled at the Newland and landfill sites or at the Electronic Recycling Building, 317 Pritchard St.
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Open Mon-Fri from 9am to 4pm. Items accepted are computers, televisions, stereo sets, cell phones, keyboards, radios, telephone systems, LCD monitors, CRT monitors, fax machines, projectors, peripherals, speakers, exercise equipment, etc. Cooking Oil Cooking oil is now accepted at all sites in the tan colored cooking oil recycling container. Automotive Products Antifreeze, used motor oil, oil filters and lead acid batteries are accepted at all sites. No cooking oil in the used motor oil container, please. Tires Newland and Landfill sites only. Accepted are truck and care tires from personal vehicles. Remove tires from rims before recycling. All large tractor tires must be taken to the landfill. NON-RECYCLABLE WASTE ACCEPTED AT SITES Household Garbage All bagged garbage should be place in the compactor. No dead animals or animal waste should be placed in these containers. No medical or hazardous waste accepted in any container. Bulky Waste Large household items, carpet, foam backing, large plastic toys, mattresses and box springs. Construction and Debris All household wood construction and remodeling debris, bricks and blocks. All waste and debris from contractors and commercial establishments is prohibited. Take material to landfill. ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED AT SITES Propane Gas Tanks of any size Oil barrels Medical Waste Industrial Waste Commercial Waste Liquid & Hazardous Waste Hot or Smoldering coals Dead Animals OTHER RECYCLING EFFORTS Paint and Swap Shop The Pasquotank Solid Waste Department has a Paint Shop at the landfill that allows residents to place slightly used household items, dishes and books for reuse.
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Salvaging Building Material Residents are allowed to salvage reusable construction and demolition material from the landfill. To obtain a permit, contact the Solid Waste Dept at 335-4105. Printer and Toner Cartridges Used print and toner cartridges can be recycled. Some companies enclose a return label in the boxes so that the used cartridge can be returned to them postage paid. Eye Glasses The Lions Club offers many drop off points for clean, unbroken eyeglasses to be reused by others. Crutches, wheel chairs, canes, shower chairs, etc. The Cosmopolitan Club of Elizabeth City loans items to residents to assist them during their recovery. To donate items, call the club at 331-1700. Used Cars Used or hard to sell vehicles may be donated to the National Kidney Foundation. They will tow your car away and provide you with a tax deduction letter for the donation. Call 888-288-CARS for more information. Composting For information related to composting and constructing composting cages, call the NC Cooperative Extension Service at 338-3954.
Contact Brad Gardner, Director email: [email protected]
The Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC) is an industry funded not-for-profit organization that safely collects and recycles agricultural crop protection, animal health and specialty pest control product containers (Jugs and Drums). www.acrecycle.org
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Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations
EPA-Environmental Protection Agency WaRO – Washington Regional Office UST-Underground Storage Tank AST-Above ground Storage Tank VOC-Volatile Organic Compound SOC-Semi-volatile Organic Compound NCDEH-North Carolina Department of Environmental Health PWS-Public Water Supply PWSS-Public Water Supply Section NCDEQ-North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality WPC-Wellhead Protection Committee WHPP-Wellhead Protection Program or Plan WHPA-Wellhead Protection Area Gpm-gallons per minute GPD-gallons per day Ppm-parts per million Ppb-parts per billion CAP-Corrective Action Plan NCRWA – North Carolina Rural Water Association NOV-Notice of Violation PCS-Potential Contamination Source DWM-Division of Waste Management NPDES-National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System SPCC-Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures UIC-Underground Injection Control DEACS-Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service
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