DDW-2024-008785

July 9, 2024
Davy Ratchford
Snowbasin Resort
P.O. Box 460
Huntsville, Utah 84317
Subject:Plan Approval, Well Equipping, Legend Well (WS012);
Snowbasin Resort, System #29071, File #13337
Dear Davy Ratchford:The following is a brief summary of the Division or Drinking Waters (the Division) review of this project:The Division issued Plan Approval for drilling Legend Well
on April 13, 2023.The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received an initial version of the plans and specifications for equipping Legend Well from your consultant on April 23,
2024. The Division received the completed plans and specifications for the project on May 24, 2024. Written review comments were provided to your consultant on June 5, 2024.The Division
received updated plans on June 19, 2024.The Division provided additional review comments and received the final plans on July 2, 2024.
Our understanding of the project includes equipping the Legend Well, installation of a pitless adapter, and construction of a new well house. The Legend Well will be equipped with a
pitless adapter unit and a new, 162 gallon per minute (gpm) submersible pump. The well discharge piping will consist of an 8-inch diameter, Class 52 ductile iron pipe (DIP). Within the
new well house, the discharge piping will be reduced to 6-inch diameter DIP, and will include a smooth-nose sample tap, check valve, pressure gauge, flow meter, and combination air valve.
A 4-inch diameter DIP pump-to-waste line will discharge outside the well house with an appropriate air gap. A new, 8-inch diameter DIP transmission line will connect the new well to
the distribution system. This well is identified as WS012 in the Division’s database.
We have received the following information for Legend Well:
Certification of well seal.
Well driller’s report (well log).
Aquifer drawdown test results (step drawdown test and constant-rate test).
New Source Chemical Analyses of the well water.
Plans and specifications for equipping the well.
Pump information including pump curve and operating point.
Wellhead discharge piping.
Well house design.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped, and signed by Ryan Cathey, P. E., and dated May 31, 2024, and find they basically comply with the applicable portions
of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems in R309. On this basis, the plans for equipping Legend Well are hereby approved.
This approval pertains to construction only. An Operating Permit must be obtained from the Director before Legend Well may be put into service. A checklist outlining the well approval
process, including the items required for issuing an operating permit for this well 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 equipment has not been ordered within one year of the date of this letter.
Drinking Water Source Protection Requirement
The Division concurred with the Preliminary Evaluation Report for this source in a letter dated March 8, 2023. A complete Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan was required by
March 8, 2024 and has not been received. Please submit the DWSP plan before requesting a permanent Operating Permit. You must submit proof that a map of the final zones has been provided
to Weber County to be covered under the Weber County Source Protection Ordinance before the well can receive an Operating Permit. 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 Hunter Payne, of this office, at [phone], or me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
HP/DLB/mrn/mdbEnclosures─ Well Approval Checklist; Operating Permit Checklistcc:Scott Braeden, Weber-Morgan Health Department, [e-mail] Blackman, Talisman Civil,
[e-mail] Cathey, Talisman Civil, [e-mail] Ratchford, Snowbasin Resort, [e-mail]
Hunter Payne, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
David Kruse, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail] 29071 13337 PA WS012 EquippingDivision 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
Utah Division of Drinking Water ― Checklist for Issuing Operating PermitsWater System Name:System Number: Project Description:File Number:
Items 1 through 8 below must be submitted to the Division and found to be acceptable prior to operating permit issuance (unless a water line project meets the requirements of R309-500-7
and is not required to obtain an Operating Permit).
Distribution lines (not including in-line booster pump stations) requiring Plan Approval may be placed into service prior to submitting all of the following items and receipt of Operating
Permit if the water system has received items 1 and 4 below.☐1.Certification of Rule Conformance by a professional engineer (P.E.) that all conditions of Plan Approval were accomplished,
and if applicable, changes made during construction were in conformance with rules R309-500 through 550☐2.As-built or record drawings incorporating all changes to approved plans and
specifications (unless no changes were made to the previously approved plans during construction)☐3.Confirmation that as-built or record drawings have been received by the water system☐4.Satisfactory
bacteriological samples as evidence of proper disinfection and flushing in accordance with the appropriate ANSI/AWWA standards:
☐ANSI/AWWA C651-14 AWWA Standard for Disinfecting Water MainsTwo consecutive sample sets at least 16 hours apart, none positive (every 1200 feet, end-of-line, each branch, etc.)☐ANSI/AWWA
C652-11 AWWA Standard for Disinfection of Water-Storage FacilitiesOne or more samples, none positive☐ANSI/AWWA C653-13 AWWA Standard for Disinfection of Water Treatment PlantsTwo consecutive
samples per unit, none positive, no less than 30 minutes apart☐ANSI/AWWA C654-13 AWWA Standard for Disinfection of WellsTwo consecutive samples, none positive, no less than 30 minutes
apart☐5.Water quality data, where appropriate [For example, water quality data showing MCL compliance; raw and finished water data that demonstrate satisfactory performance of the new
treatment facility.]☐6.If applicable, all other documentation that may have been required during the plan review process☐7.If applicable, confirmation that the water system owner has
received the O&M manual for the new facility☐8.If applicable, location data of new storage tank, treatment facility, or source