DDW-2024-010757

September 9, 2024
Geno Defa
Defa’s Dude Ranch
PO Box 12
Hanna, Utah 84031
Subject:(Conditional) Plan Approval, Rehabilitate Existing Well (WS001), System #07029, File #16343 Dear Geno Defa:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the plans and
specifications for the subject project from your consultant, Jones and Demille Engineering, on August 30, 2024. The Division issued review comments on September 4, 2024, and received
updated plans and specifications on September 5, 2024. The project consists of cleaning and rehabilitating the well casing and screens and pump, installing a pitless adapter to raise
the wellhead above the finish grade and replacing the connecting piping and appurtenances.
The Division has completed its review of the plans and specifications, stamped, and signed by Eric L. Major, P.E., and dated September 5, 2024, and find that with the conditions outlined
below they basically comply with the applicable portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems in R309. On this basis, we hereby approve the proposed plans
to rehabilitate the well, subject to the following conditions:
Modify the plans to show the end of the downturned air/vac valve discharge piping a minimum of 1 foot above finished grade
Clarify that both the fence and upgrading the vault to have a locking door are not required, either one meets the secure wellhouse requirements.
Conditions of approval must be addressed in writing to the satisfaction of the Director with the request for an Operating Permit.
This conditional approval pertains to construction only. An Operating Permit must be obtained from the Director before the rehabilitated well may be put back 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.
If you have any questions regarding this approval, please contact Nathan Hall, P.E., TriCounty DEQ District Engineer at [phone], or me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
NDH/mrn/mdb
Enclosure ─ Operating Permit Checklist
cc: Joe Hadlock, TriCounty Health Department, [e-mail]
Geno Defa, Defa’s Dude Ranch, [e-mail]
Eric Major, Jones and Demille Engineering, [e-mail]
Nathan Hall, P.E., DEQ District Engineer, [e-mail] 07029 16434 PA Well Rehab
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