DDW-2024-007865

May 30, 2024
Mike FarrarBig Plains Water SSD
1777 North Meadowlark Drive
Apple Valley, Utah 84737
Subject:Concurrence, Revised Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) Plans for the Jessup Well (WS002) and Well No. 3 (WS003);
Concurrence, Preliminary Evaluation Reports and DWSP Plans for Well No. 4 (WS004) and the Rock Well (WS005); Big Plains Water SSD - Cedar Point; Water System #27089
Dear Mike Farrar:
The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received combined Preliminary Evaluation Reports (PER) and Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plans for Well No. 4 (the New Cooke Well)
and the Rock Well, and revised DWSP plans for the Jessup Well and Well No. 3, from your consultant, Li Qi with Sunrise Engineering on December 14, 2023. The Division requested additional
information via email on January 9 (New Cooke Well), January 12 (Rock Well), January 31 (Jessup Well), and February 5, 2024 (Well No. 3). Your consultant provided revisions to the combined
PER/DWSP plans for Well No. 4 (the New Cooke Well) and the Rock Well on February 1, 2024. Your consultant provided revisions to the DWSP plans for the Jessup Well and Well No. 3 on April
29, 2024. Your consultant provided proof that maps of the zones for these sources were submitted to Washington County on May 29, 2024.
We have completed our review of the plans, stamped, and signed by LI QI, P.E., and dated December 14, 2023, and found that the plans basically comply with the applicable portions of
Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems. The Division concurs with these plans. We commend you for establishing a program to protect these sources from present
and future contamination. These plans must be updated often enough to ensure that they reflect current conditions in your protection zones.
The due date for submitting the next updated plans for active wells is December 31, 2028.
Please be aware that the source protection zones for these sources have now been incorporated into the Division’s Geographic Information System (GIS) database. In addition, these zones
should now appear on the Utah Environmental Interactive Map, so long as this system is currentlyclassified as Public in the Division’s database. The Utah Environmental Interactive Map
can be accessed by visiting enviro.deq.utah.gov. We encourage you to visit the map to confirm that the location of these sources and the source protection zones are accurate. If you
need assistance navigating the map or to report any discrepancies, please call [phone] and ask to speak to source protection staff.RemindersAs 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 submission 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 Deidre Beck at [phone] or via email at [e-mail] 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 (27089) in your correspondence.
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Section Manager
DLB/mrn/mdbcc:Jeremy Roberts, Southwest Public Health Department, [e-mail] Qi, P.E., Sunrise Engineering, [e-mail] Wallentine, Sunrise Engineering, [e-mail]
Nielson, Big Plains Water SSD, [e-mail] Farrar, Big Plains Water SSD, [e-mail]
Big Plains Water SSD, [e-mail]
Deidre Beck, P.G., Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
Paul Wright, P.E., DEQ District Engineer, [e-mail]
DBeck 27089 WS002-005 Plans Concur