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Standard Report Format for Updated Ground Water Source Protection Plans
January 2007 (based on Rules of April 2005)
Executive Summary............................................................................................................ 3
1.0 Introduction............................................................................................................. 3
2.0 Delineation Report.................................................................................................. 3
3.0 Inventory of Potential Contamination Sources....................................................... 4
4.0 Identification and Assessment of Current Controls................................................ 4
5.0 Management Program for Existing Potential Contamination Sources................... 5
6.0 Management Program for Future Potential Contamination Sources...................... 5
7.0 Implementation Schedule........................................................................................ 6
8.0 Resource Evaluation............................................................................................... 6
9.0 Recordkeeping Section........................................................................................... 6
10.0 Contingency Plan.................................................................................................... 7
11.0 Public Notification.................................................................................................. 7
Waivers............................................................................................................................... 8
Use Waivers........................................................................................................................ 8
Susceptibility Waivers........................................................................................................ 8
STATE OF UTAH
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER
Drinking Water Source Protection
PO Box 144830
150 N 1950 S
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830
801-536-4200
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UPDATED GROUND WATER SOURCE PROTECTION PLANS
All DWSP plans must be updated according to the schedule in Table 1.
This standard report format must be followed in preparing Updated Drinking Water
Source Protection (DWSP) Plans.
Updated DWSP Plans need not be submitted in their complete form; only source
protection plan changes and the Implementation Schedule need be addressed. This
standard report format gives instructions to complete this requirement. However, if your
DWSP Plans have become fragmented and are difficult to follow and implement or you
have significantly revised your plans because of better data, you may want to reorganize
them into comprehensive documents and submit them for complete reviews. This choice
should be made considering which type of submittal benefits your public water system
most.
All geologic work submitted to DDW must be stamped and signed by a licensed
geologist or licensed engineer. This does not apply to geologic work that was completed
prior to October 29, 2003.
Updated Drinking Water Source Protection Plans for new sources (any source that was
developed after July 26, 1993) must also be submitted according to the schedule below.
The following table identifies the deadlines for submitting updated source protection
plans:
Population Served by PWS: Type of Source: Updated DWSP Plans
Due by:
Over 10,000 Wells December 31, 2002
3,300 - 10,000 Wells December 31, 2003
Less than 3,300 Wells December 31, 2004
All Populations Springs December 31, 2005
TABLE 1 - Submit Updated DWSP Plans for Wells and Springs
According to this schedule.
The Standard Report Format for Updated Ground Water Source Protection Plans has
been kept as concise as possible. It may not be a stand-alone document. We suggest that
you refer to the Standard Report Format for Existing Wells and Springs, if you need
additional guidance in addressing a particular section of the source protection plan. Our
guidance documents can be requested by calling 801-536-4200. They are listed below:
• The Ground Water Source Protection User’s Guide
• The Standard Report Format for Existing Wells and Springs
• The Standard Report Format for New Wells and Springs
• The Standard Report Format for Updated Ground Water Source Protection Plans
• The Drinking Water Source Protection for Ground Water Sources Rule
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Include a brief summary of source protection plan changes and land management
strategies that have been implemented for this source.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 System Information:
Water System Name
Water System Number
Address
Phone Number
1.2 Source Information:
Source Name
Source Number
Source Type: Well, Spring, or Tunnel
1.3 Designated Person
Name
Address (if different than system’s address)
Phone Number (if different than the system’s phone number)
2.0 DELINEATION REPORT
If there are no changes to the delineation report, state that there are “no changes.”
If there are changes to the Delineation Report, describe them under the following
applicable section headings:
2.1 Geologic Data
2.2 Well or Spring Construction Data
2.3 Aquifer Data
2.4 Hydrogeologic Methods and Calculations
2.5 Map Showing Boundaries of the DWSP Zones
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2.6 Protected or Unprotected Aquifer Classification
3.0 INVENTORY OF POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION SOURCES
If there are no changes to the Inventory of Potential Contamination Sources (PCSs), state
there are “no changes.”
If there are changes to the Inventory of PCSs, describe them under the following
applicable section headings:
3.1 List PCSs:
3.1.a PCSs to be deleted from your Inventory of PCSs
3.1.b PCSs to be added to your Inventory of PCSs
3.2 Identify Hazards
3.3 Prioritize the Inventory
3.4 PCS Location: Identify each added PCS as to its location in zone one, two, three,
four, or in a management area.
3.5 PCSs Plotted on Map: Remove each PCS from your map that has been deleted
from your inventory and include each PCS that has been added to you inventory.
4.0 IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT CONTROLS
If there were no new PCSs added to your inventory or if you do not need to reassess any
PCSs, state there are “no changes.”
If there are changes to the Inventory of PCSs or if you need to reassess any PCSs,
describe them under the following applicable section headings:
4.1 Identify and Assess Regulatory Controls
4.2 Identify and Assess Best Management and Pollution Prevention Practices
4.3 Identify and Assess Physical Controls
4.4 Identify and Assess Negligible Quantity Controls
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5.0 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR EXISTING POTENTIAL
CONTAMINATION SOURCES
If there are no changes to the Management Program for Existing PCSs, state there are “no
changes.”
If there are changes to the Management Program for Existing PCSs, describe them
according to the following instructions:
This is a good time to evaluate whether the land management strategies you planned in
your original source protection plans are working. If not, or if your experience tells you
that something will work better, make these changes in this updated source protection
plan. Make sure these changes are also reflected in Section 7.0, The Implementation
Schedule.
5.1 Plan land management strategies to control the chemical, biological, and
radiological substances that have been identified at each PCS and are assessed as
not adequately controlled.
5.2 Include a discussion of the specific best management practices, pollution
prevention, and other land management strategies that are being proposed to
control potential contamination.
6.0 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR FUTURE POTENTIAL
CONTAMINATION SOURCES
If there are no changes to the Management Program for Future PCSs, state there are “no
changes.”
If there are changes to the Management Program for Future PCSs, describe them under
the following applicable section headings:
6.1 Management Program
6.1.a If zoning ordinances are used, provide the following information: Discuss
specific sections of the zoning ordinance that are planned or that have
been promulgated and explain how they control or will control future
PCSs.
6.1.b If zoning ordinances are not used, provide the following information:
Identify the plan to contact PCSs individually as they move into protection
zones, include them on the inventory of PCSs, identify and assess current
controls, and plan land management strategies if they are not adequately
controlled.
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7.0 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
The implementation schedule is a list of the land management strategies, which have
been identified by the PWS for both existing and future PCSs with a implementation date
for each one.
7.1 Include a copy of the Implementation Schedule for this source. This is a list of
each land management strategy that has been planned along with its
implementation date. This is Section 7, of your Drinking Water Source Protection
Plan. Annotate each item on the list that should have already been implemented
(has an implementation date that has passed) as “completed” or “not completed.”
For those items marked “not completed,” provide an explanation of your plans for
this item in the future. Do you still plan to implement it? Will something else
work better? What is its new implementation date?
8.0 RESOURCE EVALUATION
If there are no changes to the Resource Evaluation, state there are “no changes.”
If there are changes to the Resource Evaluation, describe them according to the following
instruction:
Include the resource evaluation, which is a discussion of the financial and other
resources that are required for the PWS to implement this DWSP Plan and a
determination of how these resources are to be acquired.
9.0 RECORDKEEPING SECTION
There should always be changes to this section. It is included for the PWS to document
changes as the plan is continuously updated to show current conditions in the protection
zones and management areas. As the plan is executed, the PWS must document the
implementation of each land management strategy as it occurs. You must include actual
copies of ordinances, codes, permits, memoranda of understanding, public education
programs, training session agendas, minutes of meetings, diary entries, and memoranda
for the file, etc.
9.1 Provide documentation for each item that you annotated as “completed” in
Section 7.1. Actual copies of any ordinances, codes, permits, memoranda of
understanding, public education programs, bill stuffers, newsletters, training
session agendas, minutes of meetings, diary entries, and memoranda for the file
must be submitted with this section of Updated Drinking Water Source Protection
Plans.
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10.0 CONTINGENCY PLAN
If there are no changes to the Contingency Plan, state there are “no changes.”
If there are changes to the Contingency Plan, describe them under the following
applicable section headings:
10.1 Emergency Response Plans
10.2 Rationing Plans
10.3 Water Supply Decontamination Plans
10.4 Source Development Plans
11.0 PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
The deadline for completing the public notification requirement is December 31, 2003.
Public notifications must address the following three criteria:
Write a Public Notification Statement using the template that follows and distribute it to
your consumers in your Consumer Confidence Report or by inserting it as a bill stuffer in
your next billing or including it in your system's newsletter. There is no need to follow
the template word-for-word; its purpose is to help ensure that you include all of the
information that is required. Remember that the Public Notification Statement should
generally address all of the wells, springs, and surface sources in your system. Use your
own judgment along with the information in your Drinking Water Source Protection Plan
to assess the susceptibility (low, medium, or high) of your sources to potential
contamination. The template follows:
The Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for (System Name) is
available for your review. It contains information about source protection
zones, potential contamination sources, and management strategies to
protect our drinking water. Potential contamination sources common in
our protection areas are (identify general kinds of greatest concern, such
as septic tanks, roads, residential areas, industrial areas, etc.).
Additionally, our (well(s) and/or spring(s)) have a (low, medium, high)
susceptibility to potential contamination. We have also developed
management strategies to further protect our sources from contamination.
Please contact us at _________, if you have questions or concerns about
our source protection plan.
For security purposes, it is acceptable to remove or black out portions of the plan, which
you make available to the public, that refers to source locations. Maps with source
locations may also be removed.
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Finally, include a copy of the Public Notification Statement and indicate how it was
distributed to your consumers.
Refer to the "Ground Water Source Protection User's Guide" for more information about
public notifications.
WAIVERS
If you currently have use or susceptibility waivers for VOCs or pesticides, you must
submit the following in order for them to remain in effect. It does not matter when they
were issued, they must be addressed in your updated plans or they will expire.
Use Waivers
If the chemicals within the VOC and/or pesticide parameter group(s) have not been used
within the past six years within zones one, two, and three, the source may be eligible to
renew its use waiver. To qualify the PWS must complete the following:
1. List any potential contamination sources within zones one, two, and three where the
chemicals within the VOC and/or pesticide parameter groups are typically used,
disposed, stored, transported, or manufactured. For example, pesticides are usually
used on agricultural land and residential property. If there are none, state that there
are no potential contamination sources that typically use VOCs or pesticides.
2. submit a dated statement which is signed by the system's designated person that none
of the VOCs and pesticides within these respective parameter groups have been used,
disposed, stored, transported, or manufactured within the past five years within zones
one, two, and three.
Susceptibility Waivers
To continue a VOC and/or pesticide susceptibility waiver, a PWS must complete the
following three steps:
1. Submit the monitoring results of at least one applicable sample from the VOC and/or
pesticide parameter group(s) that has been taken within the past six years. A non-
detectable analysis for each chemical within the parameter group(s) is required;
2. submit a dated statement from the designated person verifying that the PWS is
confident that the continuance of susceptibility waiver for the VOC and/or pesticide
parameter group(s) will not threaten public health; and
3. verify that the source is developed in a protected aquifer, as defined in R309-600-
6(1)(x), and have a public education program which addresses proper use and
disposal practices for pesticides and VOCs which is described in the management
sections of the DWSP Plan.