HomeMy WebLinkAboutDDW-2024-007748May 22, 2024
Randall Davis
Trenton Town Water System
PO Box 77
Trenton, Utah 84338
Subject:Concurrence, Updated Drinking Water Source Protection PlanTemporaryException to R309-600-13912)(d), Land Use Agreement for Woodward and Goodsell Springs for Trenton Town; Water
System #03021
Source Number
Source Name
WS001
North Fork Spring
WS002
Big Birch Spring
WS003
Little Birch Spring
WS009
Goodsell Spring
WS010
Woodward Spring
WS011
Craw Spring
WS012
Christiansen Spring
This Temporary Exception Expires on December 31, 2029.
Dear Randall Davis:
The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the updated Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan for the sources named above from Clarkston Town and their consultant,
Scott Archibald, and Sunrise Engineering on March 13, 2024. The Division also received the exception renewal request for Woodward Spring (WS070) and Goodsell Spring (WS010).
We have completed our review of the updated DWSP plan and find that the plan basically complies with the applicable portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water
Systems. The Division concurs with this updated plan. We commend you for establishing a program to protect these sources from present and future contamination. This plan must be updated
often enough to ensure that it reflects current conditions in your protection zones.
The due date for submitting the next updated plan is December 31, 2029.
Exception Request
The basis for your request for an exception to R309-600-13(2)(d) is that the land does not pose a significant threat to the safety and quality of the springs.
The vast majority of the land in question is outside of Zone 2, only 2.66 acres of the land in question is within Zone 2 of the Goodsell and Woodward Springs.
Current land use is unfarmed, historic land use is dry farming.
There is no development within 2.5 miles of the springs and land in question;
No utilities
No structures
No septic tanks
Although Cache County does not have an ordinance that can be used in lieu of Land Use Agreements, Cache County does have a supplemental standard that prohibits the placement of septic
systems within Zone 1 and or Zone 2 of a drinking water source protection plan. (Cache County Code: 17.10.050:A.3.b).
The land will be regularly monitored for changes in land use.
If ownership of this land changes, a Land Use Agreement will be requested.
On this basis, an exception to R309-600-13(2)(d) Land Use Agreement, is hereby granted for Woodward Spring (WS007) and Goodsell Spring (WS010).
This Temporary Exception expires on December 31, 2029.
You will be required to re-submit an exception request along with confirmation that all conditions outlined in this temporary exception have been fulfilled and in conjunction with your
updated DWSP plan.
Exceptions granted by the Division include an expiration date to ensure that the basis and conditions for granting the exception are verified periodically and that the drinking water
quality remains protected. After receiving your request, the Division will determine whether this exception can be re-issued.
This Temporary Exception may be rescinded any time if new evidence indicates that the conditions of this exception are no longer being met or a public health risk exists due to this
exception.NoteThe following active sources were NOT included in the updated DWSP plan.
Source Number
Source Name
Due Date
WS004
Goody Spring
12/31/2023
WS005
Thompson Spring
12/31/2023
WS006
Sparks Spring
12/31/2023
WS007
Garner Spring
12/31/2023RemindersAs stated in R309-600 and 605: Implementing DWSP Plans - Each Public Water System (PWS) shall begin implementing each of its DWSP Plans in accordance with the implementation
schedule within 180 days after submittal if the plan is not disapproved. Be prepared to describe these efforts in your next update, which should include documentation of how the land
management strategies identified for existing and future potential contamination sources were implemented. Your updated plan will be disapproved, and 25 Improvement Priority System (IPS)
points will be assigned for failure to comply with this requirement.As stated in R309-600 and 605: Recordkeeping - As a DWSP Plan is executed, the PWS shall document any land management
strategies that are implemented. Please provide actual copies of memoranda of understanding, public education programs, bill stuffers, newsletters, or other correspondence documenting
the implementation of each land management strategy as it occurs, in this section of your updated plan.Please contact Melissa Noble at 385-271-7043 or via email at mnoble@utah.gov if
you have questions or concerns about the review of your DWSP plan. To help us serve you more efficiently, please use the water system number (03004) in your correspondence.
Sincerely,
Russell Seeley, P.E.
Assistant Director
MNN/mrn/mdbcc:Grant Koford, Bear River Health Department, gkoford@brhd.orgScott Archibald, Sunrise Engineering, sarchibald@sunrise-eng.comHaiming Peng, Sunrise Engineering, haiming.peng@sunrise-eng.comRandall
Davis, Trenton Town Water System, trentontownwater@gmail.comMelissa Noble, P.G., Division of Drinking Water, mnoble@utah.gov
MNN 03021-WS001-003 009-012-update concur & exception renewal-2024