DDW-2024-008167

June 11, 2024
John A. Middleton
3440 Westwood Avenue
Enoch, Utah 84721
Subject:Plan Approval, Well Drilling, John Middleton Well;
Private Well, General Iron County System 11000, File #14164
Dear John Middleton:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the plans and specifications for the proposed drilling of the John Middleton Well from Chris DeKorver, P.G.,
Bowen Collins & Associates, on April 22, 2024. A Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) was also submitted at the same time. After comments and revisions of the PER had been resolved, concurrence
was able to be issued, which is included later in this letter.
The drilling process consists of a 32-inch diameter surface borehole to a depth of 120 feet. A 24-inch diameter permanent surface casing will also be installed to a depth of 120 feet.
The well will be grouted between the borehole and surface casing to a depth of 120 feet with neat cement grout. The John Middleton well will be drilled to a total depth of approximately
700 feet with a minimum 23-inch diameter well borehole and a 16-inch diameter production well casing and screens at various depths. The surface casing (24-inch) will be a 0.3125-inch
wall, new steel meeting AWWA Standard A-100 or ASTM A53 Grade B. The blank steel casing (16-inch) will be mild steel meeting AWWA Standard A-100 or ASTM A53 Grade B steel with 0.3125-inch
thickness to a depth of approximately 400 feet. The screens will be 16-inch HSLA steel Ful-Flow Louvered, 50 slot screens from 400 feet to 700 feet deep. 8X12 SRI or equivalent gravel
will be placed between the permanent production casing and the borehole from the ground surface to 700 feet Below Ground Surface (BGS). A steel ring will be welded at the top of the
casing between the 24-inch diameter surface casing and the 16-inch diameter production casing to seal the inner annular space where the gravel pack will be installed.The project also
includes well development, logging, and pump tests.
We have received the following information for John Middle Well Drilling:
Plans and specifications for borehole and well drilling.
Preliminary Evaluation Report.
Valid Start Card (or authorization to drill letter) from the Division of Water Rights.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped, and signed by Chris DeKorver, P.G., and dated April 18, 2024, and found they basically comply with the applicable
portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems. On this basis, the plans for drilling the John Middleton Well are hereby approved. This approval pertains to
well drilling, development, aquifer testing, and disinfection of the John Middleton Well only. Please be aware that discharge permits may be required by Utah Division of Water Quality
for discharges generated during well drilling and aquifer drawdown testing.
The Utah Division of Water Rights (State Engineer’s Office) regulates the drilling of water wells. Before the drilling of a well commences, the well driller must receive a start card
from the State Engineer’s Office. Please be aware that, for public drinking water supply wells, in addition to the Division of Drinking Water’s R309-515 rule, the Division of Water Rights’
rule R655-4 also applies and shall be followed.
After drilling is completed, if this well is ever to be used in a Public Water System (PWS), you are required to submit additional information outlined in R309-515-6(5)(b) and (c) for
review andobtain an approval from the Director for equipping this well and constructing discharge piping and infrastructure necessary for introducing the well water into the distribution
system. After obtaining the well equipping approval, you’ll then be required to obtain an Operating Permit before the John Middleton Well may be put in service in a PWS. A checklist
outlining the well approval process, including the items required for well equipping and an Operating Permit, is enclosed for your information.
Approvals or permits from the local authority or county may be necessary before beginning construction of this project. As the project proceeds, notice of any changes in the approved
design, as well as any change affecting the quantity or quality of the delivered water, must be submitted to the Division. We may also conduct interim and final inspections of this project.
Please notify us when actual construction begins so that these inspections can be scheduled.
This approval must be renewed if construction has not begun or if substantial materials have not been ordered within one year of the date of this letter.
Preliminary Evaluation Report Concurrence
The Division received the Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) for this source from your consultant, Chris DeKorver, P.G., with Bowen Collins & Associates, on April 22, 2024. The Division
requested additional information via email on May 1, 2024. Your consultant provided a signed statement for use in lieu of land use agreements on May 21, 2024. The Division concurs with
this report. This report must be refined, and a complete Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan submitted within one year of the date of this letter. Refer to R309-600-13(6) and
R309-600-7(1). If you have questions about the source protection requirements, please contact Deidre Beck at [phone] or via email at [e-mail].
If you have any questions regarding this approval, please contact J. Paul Wright, P.E., DEQ Southwest District office, at [phone], or me at (385) 515‑1464.
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
JPW/DLB/mrn/mdbEnclosure — Well Approval Checklistcc:Jeremy Roberts, Southwest Utah Public Health Dept., [e-mail] DeKorver, P.G., Bowen Collins & Associates, [e-mail].
Paul Wright, P.E., DEQ Southwest District Engineer, [e-mail] Beck, P.G., Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
PWright 11000 14164 John Middleton Well Drilling PADivision of Drinking WaterChecklist for New Public Drinking Water Wells
(per Utah Administrative Code, Rule R309-515-6)
System Name:System Number:Well Name & Description:1.Approval to Drill the Well
☐Project Notification Form (PNF)
☐Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) concurrence
☐Well drilling specifications and plans
☐Valid Start Card or authorization to drill letter from the Division of Water Rights2.Approval to Equip the Well
☐PNF (if the well drilling and well equipping are designed by different consultants)
☐Well location data
☐Certification of well seal
☐Well driller’s report (well log)
☐Aquifer drawdown test results (step drawdown test & constant-rate test) for well yield determination

☐Chemical analyses of the well water
☐Plans and specifications for equipping the well
☐Pump information (e.g., pump specifications, pump curve & operating point, motor information, etc.)
☐Well head discharge piping
☐Well house design3.Operating Permit to Introduce the Well Water
☐Documentation of valid water right(s)
☐Recorded land use agreements, or documentation that the requirements for coverage under the City/County source protection ordinance have been met
☐Design engineer’s certification of conformance with plan approval conditions
☐Design engineer’s certification of rule conformance for any deviation from approved plans
☐As-built or record drawings
☐Evidence of O&M manual delivery to system owner
☐Satisfactory bacteriological results as evidence of proper flushing and disinfection