DDW-2024-010454

Keri Moya <[e-mail]>
2024 UTAH11001 | BRIAN HEAD TOWN WATER SYSTEM Sanitary Survey - Results
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[e-mail] <[e-mail]>Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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I would like to thank all involved for helping in conducting this sanitary survey of your drinking water system.
The Utah Division of Drinking Water's Improvement Priority System (IPS) Rule, R309-400, rates public drinking water
systems. Points are assigned based on non compliance with the Drinking Water Rules. Points assessed during a sanitary
survey will become part of the total IPS points if not corrected within the time frame specified in this report. Community
systems that exceed 150 points will be rated as Not Approved if corrections are not made (Non-Community 120, Transient
100). The accompanying Deficiency Report shows the noted deficiencies (if any). Deficiencies associated with inactive
facilities show up on the accompanying Deficiency Report to act as a tracking tool and reminder but are considered
"pending" and will not count against the system's total IPS points once entered into our database. If the facility were to
become active in the future, the pending deficiencies will also become active. Your IPS report is available at
waterlink.utah.gov and should be updated within a few days.
Attached are copies of the completed survey questions and resulting Deficiency Report, as well as the Capacity
Calculations spreadsheet.
Whenever a significant deficiency has been identified during a sanitary survey you must consult with the Division of
Drinking Water regarding the appropriate corrective action within 30 days of being notified of that significant deficiency as
specified in R309-215-16(3)(a)(vi). All significant deficiencies must be corrected within 120 days of the date of completion
of the survey or the system must enter into a corrective action plan with the Division to address the significant deficiencies
as specified in R309-215-16(3)(a)(v). Once the deficiency has been corrected (correction action) you must notify the
Division and provide documentation of that correction within 30 days of the completing the correction. Failure to do so will
result in a treatment technique violation as stated in R309-215-16(4)(a).
We encourage you to take the necessary actions to correct the noted deficiencies. Once the deficiencies are corrected,
please coordinate with our office at [e-mail] so that we can delete the appropriate IPS points assigned for that
deficiency. Please use your water system number in all your correspondence to our office.
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2024 UTAH11001 | BRIAN HEAD TOWN WATER SYSTEM - Deficiency Report.pdf
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2024 UTAH11001 | BRIAN HEAD TOWN WATER SYSTEM Sanitary Survey - Result.pdf
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Brian Head Town_11001_Capacity Calc 2024.xlsx
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Keri Moya <[e-mail]>Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 3:03 PM
To: Luke Treutel <[e-mail]>
Cc: Ryan Dearing <[e-mail]>
Luke,
I am processing this survey and noticed that the residential connections are far greater than the
population. Should there be a transient population or are either of those numbers incorrect? You have
connections at 1482 and a population of only 175 for residential.
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Keri Moya
Environmental Program Coordinator
Division of Drinking Water
195 N. 1950 W. Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
drinkingwater.utah.gov
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3 attachments
2024 UTAH11001 | BRIAN HEAD TOWN WATER SYSTEM - Deficiency Report.pdf
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2024 UTAH11001 | BRIAN HEAD TOWN WATER SYSTEM Sanitary Survey - Result.pdf
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Brian Head Town_11001_Capacity Calc 2024.xlsx
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Luke Treutel <[e-mail]>Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 3:41 PM
To: Keri Moya <[e-mail]>
Cc: Ryan Dearing <[e-mail]>, Amanda Hunter <[e-mail]>
Hey Keri,
The 175 is the permanent residential population. I believe the remaining connections are to vacation rentals, condos, etc
that are seasonal. So there definitely should be a transient population to account for that discrepancy, that was my
mistake.
I have CC'd Amanda Hunter who works at Brian Head Town.
Amanda, we'll need the transient population served by the town water system. Do you have a number for that? We can try
and help calculate that if you do not. See the previous email in this chain for additional context. I think we'd be looking for
the average # of transient visitors per day.
Thank you,
Luke Treutel, LEHS
Disinfection Specialist
Environmental Scientist | Division of Drinking Water
P: [phone]
[e-mail]
drinkingwater.utah.gov
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Keri Moya <[e-mail]>Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 3:21 PM
To: Luke Treutel <[e-mail]>
Cc: Ryan Dearing <[e-mail]>, Amanda Hunter <[e-mail]>
Amanda,
I just wanted to follow up and see if you were able to come up with a number for the transient population
yet? I just want to make sure all of the information is accurate before I process the survey.
Thank you,
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Amanda Hunter <[e-mail]>Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 11:16 AM
To: Keri Moya <[e-mail]>
Cc: Luke Treutel <[e-mail]>, Ryan Dearing <[e-mail]>
Keri
I don't have that # and I'm not sure where I would get that.
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Amanda Hunter
Brian Head Town 
435-677-2029
Luke Treutel <[e-mail]>Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 2:17 PM
To: Amanda Hunter <[e-mail]>
Cc: Keri Moya <[e-mail]>, Ryan Dearing <[e-mail]>
We don't have an exact formula to calculate these types of populations but here's an estimate:
1,307 "Transient" connections (I got this by subtracting the 175 permanent resident connections from the 1,482 total
connections)
We estimate 2 people per hotel room, so we'd multiply the 1,307 connections by 2 to get 2,614 people when the rooms
are all full.
The town is busiest during ski season, which is how long? 4 months? If we assume 4 months (which is 1/3rd of a year),
then we'd multiply that 2,614 number by 0.33 to get an average daily transient population of 863. I looked at the
populations for ski towns in Northern Utah (Alta, Powder Mountain) and this estimate for Brian Head seems reasonable
given it is lower than those larger resorts that we know serve bigger populations. I'm thinking we move forward with that
unless the Town has a better estimate.
This would increase the total population to just over 1,000. That's a big jump but the current listed total population of 84 is
clearly too low and not reflective of actual populations served. Some sampling requirements would change if/when the
population increases, and my team will provide a letter and would be happy to meet with you to cover those changes. I
don't know exactly what the changes to sampling requirements would be, but I wanted to give the system a heads-up.
Amanda, please look through my estimate and let us know if you have better numbers or if you have any questions.
Have a good weekend,
Luke Treutel, LEHS
Disinfection Specialist
Environmental Scientist | Division of Drinking Water
P: [phone]
[e-mail]
drinkingwater.utah.gov
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Keri Moya <[e-mail]>Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 2:36 PM
To: Luke Treutel <[e-mail]>
Cc: Amanda Hunter <[e-mail]>, Ryan Dearing <[e-mail]>
Luke,
Thank you so much for your follow up on this matter. I agree with your estimates and I will go ahead with
these numbers. I will forward the information to the appropriate people within the DDW.
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Keri Moya <[e-mail]>Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 2:39 PM
To: Jennifer Yee <[e-mail]>, Colt Smith <[e-mail]>
Cc: Ryan Dearing <[e-mail]>
Jen and Colt,
When I was processing this sanitary survey, I noticed there were more connections than there was
population. In looking at several SS before, no one has ever added a transient population, which clearly
there should be. I will add the pop based on Luke's calculations below. I just thought I would pass the
information along in case it flags you for more samples. If you see any reason I shouldn't add it, please let
me know.
Thank you,
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Keri Moya <[e-mail]>Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 3:19 PM
To: Kimia Golchin <[e-mail]>
I probably should have CC'd you too on this, sorry. Just FYI in case it notifies you I did something crazy.
But it really should be there.
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