DDW-2024-010859

195 North 1950 West • Salt Lake City, UT
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 144830 • Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4830
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State of Utah

SPENCER J. COX
Governor

DEIDRE HENDERSON
Lieutenant Governor
Department of
Environmental Quality

Kimberly D. Shelley
Executive Director

DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER
Nathan Lunstad, Ph.D., P.E.
Director
August 22, 2024

Jerold Postema
Hilldale - Colorado City
PO Box 840490
Hildale, Utah 84784

Subject: Water System Violation – Hilldale - Colorado City, UTAH27006

Jerold Postema:

The Division of Drinking Water records show this water system is in violation of the State of Utah Public
Drinking Water Rules as follows:

For the month of July, this water system did not report triggered groundwater source bacteriologic
analysis results to the Division of Drinking Water (DDW) as required by Utah Administrative Code
(UAC) Rule R309-215-16, Groundwater Rule (GWR). This system is required to collect one triggered
groundwater source sample from each source “in-use” at the time of the positive Total Coliform Rule
(TCR) sample, have it analyzed, and send the results to us. Failure to collect samples is a violation of
Section R309-215-16(2)(a)(ii) of the rules. This violation results in the addition of 25 points to this
system’s Improvement Priority System (IPS) report and could adversely affect this water system’s rating
(see R309-400).

You must notify all consumers within one year after you learn of the violation (R309-220-7(2)). Failure to
provide public notification will in the future result in the addition of five points to this system’s IPS report.
A copy of the notice you send to each customer must be forwarded to us within ten days after issuing the
notice (R309-105-16(2)). Refer to the enclosed example of a public notice.

To resolve this violation, collect the required TRIGGERED GROUNDWATER SOURCE sample, have it
analyzed, and send the results to the DDW. Once the Division has received the appropriate sample results,
this violation will be returned to compliance. The IPS points will remain on this system’s IPS report for a
rolling 12-month period.

Jerold Postema
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August 22, 2024

If this letter is in error and you do have TRIGGERED GROUNDWATER SOURCE bacteriological
analysis results for this month, please send a copy to [e-mail]. Upon receipt of the results,
we can delete this violation from this record.

If you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Sitara Federico at [phone] or
[e-mail] .

Sincerely,
Mark Berger
Monitoring and Standards Section Manager

Enclosure
cc: Jerold Postema, Hilldale - Colorado City, [e-mail]
Jeremy Roberts, Southwest Utah Public Health Department
Paul Wright, P.E. District Engineer