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POPE: There isn't any means, then, of treating a non -biodegradable chemical other than set-
tling. I guess the solids would settle out.
STEWART: That's correct. The biological activity in terms of the concentration, that's one of
those things that, If the contaminant, for example, as I related as far as the school system, is a
concentration such as the (not clear) bacteria that are assimilated (not clear), yes, that would
create a problem and that problem would he observed immediately. This type of facility is monitored
daily, and if there is a problem, it becomes obvious immediately.
POPE: Any other questions of Mr. Stewart?
STEWART: Could I make one last statement? There are municipal facilities that utilize the
same basic processes as proposed here. They assimilate, again, the same type of waste that we get
in a typical household.
POPE: Yes, I understand that. (Not clear). Any other questions of Mr. Stewart.
I would like to ask one other question of Mr. Parker.
HEDRICK: The lady back here is trying to speak.
POPE: I didn't see you. Yes ma'am, Mrs. Hicks?
HICKS: The question is the waste treatment for virsuses?
STEWART: The final disinfection procedure is the process that we utilize as far as bacterial
and viral type treatment. As far as the only other thing that, in fact, as far as biological
treatment, as far as the assimilation of the waste is primary process in the plant is biological,
that is the natural bacteria that is (not clear) into the process. Viruses are certainly far more
resistant to chlorine than the other bacteria that occur. There's no monitoring at this time as far
as viruses, there's no monitoring required for virus, per se. The monitoring is presently done the
way (not clear).
POPE: Thank you. I was just going to ask Mr. Parker, I think Mr. Stewart might have just
answered the question, for what items do your people monitor? Do they monitor for chemical
discharge, viral and bacterial?
PARKER: Permits in general?
POPE: All permits.
PARKER: Well, there is, we also have different types of wastes that are being discharged,
whether it is domestic or industrial, and there's many hundreds of different types of industrial
waste that have specific federal limitations that are prescribed by the federal government that they
have to monitor for these particular parameters. For domestic waste water, there are certain
parameters that are indicators of the strength of the waste that is being discharged, and the
frequency that they are analyzed for, whether it be daily, twice a week, monthly, or whatever,
depends on the size of the facility. It is given a particular classification, one through four, and
based on the size of the facility, that's how often these particular parameters are analyzed for.
POPE: How would this one be classified?
PARKER: 0. K. When it's increased to 80,000. The classification is based not only on the
size, it's based on the number of units, the particular treatment units that are present with the ,
facility. I haven't seen the final design yet of the facility, so I can't give you an exact
classification on the facility at this point in time. I do have a copy of their existing facility;
I can tell you what they are monitoring for presently, but when they submitted, if and when it is
approved, and existing facility are constructed, that's when they will be reclassified.
POPE: Are you presently monitoring for chemical pollutants? PCB's and all that?
PARKER: No, sir. That's not listed in the present permit regulations.
POPE: What are you monitoring for?
Do you know if the lake in general is being monitored for the build up of chemicals?
PARKER: Our particular office does not take a specific sample on any specific location on that
particular body of water. We do have other ambience stations that our stream monitor picks up
ambient samples to determine water quality at those locations. The only monitoring that I know of
that has been going on on the lake is general water quality data, such as dissolved oxygen, tempera-
ture, pH, that Duke Power taking, and they relate that to the efficiency of their generating sta-
tions and also determine fish, habitat, and quality of that sort of thing. That's the only samples
that I know are being taken at this point in time.
The analysis that is being required to be sampled for, as it stands right now, and I can give
you the analysis, I can give you the limitations, and I can give you the frequency that's being
taken, however you'd like to have it.
POPE: Give me the frequency.
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