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195 North 1950 West • Salt Lake City, UT
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 144830 • Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4830
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State of Utah

SPENCER J. COX
Governor
DEIDRE HENDERSON
Lieutenant Governor

Department of
Environmental Quality

Kimberly D. Shelley
Executive Director
DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER
Tim Davis
Director

October 26, 2023 CERTIFIED MAIL

Spencer Bateman
Batemans Mosida Farms
PO Box 119
Elberta, UT 84626

Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION – Failure to Fix Significant Deficiency Treatment Technique
Violation, Water System #UTAH25184

Spencer Bateman:

Our records indicate that your system is in violation of the State of Utah Public Drinking Water
Rules as follows:

On December 23, 2019, Batemans Mosida Farms was sent an Initial Order for New Public Water
System outlining some significant deficiencies. On March 4, 2020, the system received a sanitary
survey added more significant deficiencies to the water system. These deficiencies remain
uncorrected:

• C001 System direct responsible charge operators not certified at the required level
• S013 Well lakcs the required seal WS001
• S001 Unapproved source in service WS001
• S003 Well casing terminates less than 12 inches above floor or less than 18 inches above
ground surface WS001
• S020 Well head or well house not protected from flooding WS001
• S001 Unapproved source in service WS002
• S013 Well lacks the required well seal WS002
• S013 Well lacks the required well seal WS003
• S002 Well house not protected against vandalism WS003
• S001 Unapproved source in service WS003
• S001 Unapproved source in service WS004
• G001 Unapproved facility in service
Spencer Bateman
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October 26, 2023

Utah Public Drinking Water Rules require all significant deficiencies to be corrected within 120
days of the date of notification or the system must enter a corrective action agreement with the
Division to address the significant deficiencies as specified in R309-215-16(3)(a)(v). The system
chose to request a Compliance Agreement/Enforcement Order (CA/EO) which was finalized
on March 26, 2020. The system failed to correct the deficiencies by the CA/EO’s deadlines.
This results in the system being assessed a treatment technique violation in accordance with
R309-215-16(4)(a) and the assessment of 50 Improvement Priority System (IPS) points to the
system’s IPS Report. Be advised this could adversely affect your water system’s rating (R309-
400).
As a result of this Tier 2 violation, the system must provide the public notice as soon as practical,
but no later than 30 days after the system learns of the violation. If the public notice is posted, the
notice must remain in place for as long as the violation or situation persists, but in no case for less
than seven days, even if the violation or situation is resolved (see R309-220-6(1)(a) and R309-
220-6(1)(b)). This public notice requirement cannot be waived once a violation occurs. Proof of
public notification must be provided to the Division at ([e-mail]) within 30 days of
notifying the water system customers and resubmitted each quarter; the deficiencies remain
unresolved.
If any of the above deficiencies have been corrected, please complete the enclosed IPS Deficiency
Correction Notice and submit the information to the Division at [e-mail] immediately.
We ask that you respond to this letter as soon as possible. Please contact Jennifer Yee at (385)
515-1501 or [e-mail] if you have questions or need assistance.

Sincerely,

Helen Lau
Compliance Section Manager

Enclosures: IPS Report
Deficiency Correction Form
Tier 2 Public Notice Template

cc: Jason Garrett, Utah County Health Department
Tyler Plewe, Utah County Health Department

Helen Lau (Oct 26, 2023 16:48 MDT)