DDW-2024-010397

August 28, 2024
Lenise Peterman
Helper City
P.O. Box 221
Helper, Utah 84526-0221
Subject:Plan Approval, Helper City Transmission Pipeline Replacement Project,
Distribution System (DS001); Helper City, System #04004, File #15848, SRF #3F1880
Dear Lenise Peterman:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the plans and specifications for the proposed Helper Transmission Line Replacement Project from your consultant,
Lauren Ploeger, P.E. and Franson Civil Engineers on July 19, 2024. Review comments were provided to your consultant on August 13, 2024. The Division received the revised plans and specifications
on August 15, 2024. This project has met the conditions for receiving a plan approval.
Our understanding of the project is the replacement of approximately 19,200 feet of transmission line from Royal to Helper with 10-inch diameter HDPE pipe, the replacement of approximately
1,780 feet of 10-inch diameter HDPE transmission line from Colton Well #1 (WS003) to Helper City’s Spring Canyon transmission line. Also included is the installation of an interconnection
between Helper City (04004) and Price Municipal Corporation (04007) culinary water lines at Royal.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped, and signed byLauren Ploeger, P.E., dated August 15, 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 Helper City Transmission Pipeline Replacement Project are hereby approved.
This approval pertains to construction only. An Operating Permit must be obtained from the Director before the Helper City Transmission Pipeline Replacement Project may be put in service.
A checklist outlining the items required for operating permit issuance is enclosed for your information.
Approvals or permits from the local authority or the 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.The project, as described herein,
is generally eligible for assistance under the state Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Financial Assistance Program. All change orders must be reviewed and approved for compliance
with the Drinking Water Rules, the conditions of this construction approval, and the DWSRF Program’s financial assistance requirements.The project may now be advertised for bids. But,
as a condition of the project funding, you must not award the contract or proceed with construction until the Division of Drinking Water has authorized you to do so. This is necessary
to comply with applicable requirements and to protect you, as the funding recipient, by ensuring that the contract meets requirements for funded projects.
If you have any questions regarding this approval, please contact Curtis Page P.E., of this office, at [phone], or me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
CP/mrn/mdbEnclosures –Operating Permit Checklistcc:Orion Rogers, Southeast Utah Health Department, [e-mail] C. Ploeger, P.E., Franson Civil Engineers, [e-mail]
Peterman, Helper City, [e-mail] M. Page P.E., DEQ Southeast District, [e-mail]
Allyson Spevak, DEQ Infrastructure Funding Section, [e-mail] 04004 15848 Plan Approval
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 (e.g., every 1,200 feet, end-of-line, each branch)☐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, include raw and finished water data that demonstrate satisfactory performance of the treatment facility; sample should be
taken from a storage tank for residual volatile organic compounds after tank interior re-coating; etc.]☐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