DDW-2024-011540

September 30, 2024
Tracy Hobart Feltner
Central Iron County WCD
Bumblebee Water System
88 East Fiddlers Canyon Road
Suite A
Cedar City, Utah 84721
Subject:Plan Approval, Well Equipping, Vandenberghe Well (WS002), Bumblebee Water System, System #11089, File #12928
Dear Tracy Feltner:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the plans and specifications for equipping the Vandenberghe Well from Rianna Howard, Ensign Engineering, on
July 15, 2024. The Division issued Plan Approval for modifying the surface seal and an After the Fact drilling on April 12, 2022. The submission was not complete as it lacked a copy
of the 24-hour constant rate test results and the proposed pump sizing information. This remaining information was received by the Division on August 29, 2024. Plan review comments were
sent to you and your consultant on September 24, 2024. Final plans were received by the Division on September 26, 2024.
Our understanding of the project is to equip the Vandenberghe Well (WS002) with a 230 gallons per minute (gpm), 550 feet of total dynamic head, 60 horsepower submersible pump. The anticipated
pump will be a Grundfos 230 S 500-15 pump. The constant rate pump test was conducted at 1,030 gpm. The project also includes a new well house in a modified container and a conveyance
pipe to connect to the existing distribution system with about 150 linear feet of 6-inch diameter PVC C900 pipe.
We have received the following information for Vandenberghe Well (WS002) equipping and well house project:
Certification of well seal.
Well driller’s report (well log).
Aquifer drawdown test results (step drawdown test and constant-rate test).
New Source Chemical Analysis of the well water.
Plans and specifications for equipping the well.
Pump information.
Wellhead discharge piping.
Well house design.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped, and signed by Curtis L. Nielson, P. E., and dated August 29, 2024, and found 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 equipping the Vandenberghe Well (WS002) and construction of a well house
and conveyance pipeline to the existing water system are hereby approved.
This approval pertains to construction only. An Operating Permit must be obtained from the Director before the Vandenberghe Well (WS002) may be put into service. A checklist outlining
the well approval process, including the items required for issuing an operating permit for this well is enclosed for your information.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 equipment has not been ordered within one year of the date of this letter.
If you have any questions regarding this approval, please contact J. Paul Wright, P.E., DEQ Southwest District office, at [phone], or me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
JPW/mrn/mdbEnclosures─ Well Approval Checklistcc:Jeremy Roberts, Southwest Utah Public Health Department, [e-mail] Nielson, P.E., Ensign Engineering, [e-mail]
Howard, Ensign Engineering, [e-mail]. Paul Wright, P.E., DEQ Southwest District Office, [e-mail] Feltner, Central Iron County WCD, [e-mail]
David Kruse, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail] 11089 12928 WS002 Equip PADivision 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
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 (every 1200 feet, end-of-line, each branch, etc.)☐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, water quality data showing MCL compliance; raw and finished water data that demonstrate satisfactory performance of the new
treatment facility.]☐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