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August 7, 2024
Brett Knight
Hyde Park City Water System
113 East Center
Hyde Park, Utah 84318
Subject:After-the-Fact Plan Approval, Well Drilling, City Hall Well (WS004);
Hyde Park Water System, System #03007, File #13388
Dear Brett Knight:The following is a brief summary of the Division review of this project:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the plans and specifications for the
City Hall Well from your consultant, Steve Wright, P.E., with Sunrise Engineering, on May 18, 2023. Review comments were provided to your consultant on June 9, 2023.On February 2, 2024,
the Division was made aware that drilling of the well may be moving forward without Plan Approval. Division staff advised that the system must obtain plan approval before continuing
with drilling the well.On April 5, 2024, work began on the well.On May 9, 2024, Division staff met virtually with Scott Archibald, P.E. with Sunrise Engineering to discuss the review
comments. The Division was not made aware that work had begun on the well.On June 12, 2024, the Division was made aware that the City Hall Well had been drilled without Plan Approval.On
June 13, 2024, the Division received updated drilling specifications which reflected the procedure used to drill the well.The Division provided review comments and requested additional
information on June 24, 2024.The Division received the Grout Seal Certification letter on July 5, 2024, and other requested documents on July 24, 2024.
We understand that this project consisted of drilling a new drinking water well to serve the Hyde Park City Water System. The new well was drilled to a depth of 600 feet below ground
surface (bgs). The well casing consists of 12-inch diameter mild steel casing interspersed with stainless steel wire-wrapped screen at two intervals: between 320 and 490 feet bgs, and
between 530 and 550 feet bgs. A 24-inch diameter mild steel conductor casing was installed to a depth of 36 feet below ground surface (bgs). The well was sealed with neat cement grout
to a depth of 102 bgs. The City Hall Well is identified as WS004 in the Division’s database.
We have received the following information for City Hall Well:
Plans and specifications for borehole and well drilling.
As built diagram of the well.
Preliminary Evaluation Report.
Valid Start Card.
Grout Seal Certification Letter.
Well Drillers Report.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped and signed by Scott L. Archibald, P.E., and dated June 13, 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 City Hall Well are hereby approved after the fact. This approval pertains
to well drilling, development, aquifer testing, and disinfection of City Hall 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, 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 City Hall Well may be put in service. A checklist outlining the well approval process, including the items required for well equipping
and an Operating Permit, is enclosed for your information.
Please label the well water sample collected for new source chemical analysis with your water system number UTAH03007 and WS004 (for both the facility ID and sample point ID) on all
laboratory forms for each individual source. This will ensure proper identification and entry of the new source chemical analysis results in our database.
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 a Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) for the City Hall Well from your consultant, Sunrise Engineering, on May 18, 2023. The Division requested additional information
via email on May 31, 2023. Your consultant provided revisions to the PER on July 16, 2024. We have completed our review of the PER, stamped, and signed by Scott L. Archibald, P.E.,and
found it basically complies with the applicable portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems. The Division concurs with this report. This report must be
refined, and a complete Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan submitted within one 180 days of the date of this letter. Refer to R309-600-13(6) and R309-600-7(1). You must submit
proof that a map of the final source protection zones has been provided to Hyde Park City to be covered under the Hyde Park City Source Protection ordinance before the well can receive
an Operating Permit. If you have questions about the source protection requirements, please contact Deidre Beck. P.G., at (385) 271-7046 or via email at dbeck@utah.gov.
If you have any questions regarding this approval, please contact Hunter Payne, of this office, at (385)278-9837, or me at (385) 515-1464.
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
HP/DLB/mrn/Admin (processing)/Admin (mailing) [Initials]Enclosure — Well Approval Checklistcc:Ben Harker, Bear River Health Department, bharker@brhd.orgSteven Wood, P.E., Sunrise Engineering,
sdwood@sunrise-eng.comBrett Knight, Hyde Park City Water System, brett.k@hydeparkcity.orgHunter Payne, Division of Drinking Water, hnpayne@utah.govDeidre Beck, P.G., Division of Drinking
Water, dbeck@utah.govHeather Pattee, Division of Drinking Water, hpattee@utah.gov
03007 13388 ATF Drilling PA WS004Division 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