DDW-2024-011606

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
September 19, 2024

Randy Ward
Day Star Adventist Academy
HC 64 Box 2201
Moab, Utah 84532

Subject: Water System Violation – Day Star Adventist Academy, UTAH10012

Randy Ward:

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.

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.

Randy Ward
Page 2 of 2
September 19, 2024

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: Randy Ward, Day Star Adventist Academy, [e-mail]
Orion Rogers, Southeastern Utah District Health Department
Curtis Page, P.E. District Engineer
Instructions for Monitoring Violations Annual Notice–Community (Tier 3 - Coliform)
Template on Reverse
Since most monitoring violations are included in Tier 3, you must provide public notice to persons served within one year after you learn of the violation (R309-220-7(2)). Multiple monitoring violations can be serious, check with the Division of Drinking Water (801-536-4200) to make sure you meet the public notification requirements. Community systems must use one of the following (R309-220-7(3)(a)):
• Hand or direct delivery
• Mail, as a separate notice or included with the bill Non-community systems must use one of the following (R309-220-7(3)(b)):

• Posting in conspicuous locations
• Hand delivery
• Mail In addition, both community and non-community systems must use another method reasonably calculated to reach others if they would not be reached by the first method (R309-220-7(3)). Such methods could include newspapers, e-mail, or delivery to community organizations. If you post the notice, it must remain posted until the violation is resolved. If the violation has been resolved, you must post the notice for at least one week (R309-220-7(2)). If you mail, post, or hand deliver, print your notice on letterhead, if available. The notice on the reverse is appropriate for insertion in an annual notice or the CCR, as long as public notification timing and delivery requirements are met (R309-220-7(4)). You may need to modify the template for a notice for individual monitoring violations. This example presents violations in a table; however, you may write out an explanation for each violation if you wish. For any monitoring violation for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or other groups, you may list the group name in the table, but you must provide the name of every chemical in the group on the notice, e.g., in a footnote. You may need to modify the notice if you had any monitoring violations for which monitoring later showed a maximum contaminant level or other violation. In such cases, you should refer to the public notice you issued at that time. Include in your notice the standard language for monitoring and testing procedure violations in italics (R309-220-8 (4)(b)). If you modify the notice, you may not alter this mandatory language. Corrective Actions In your notice, describe corrective actions you took or are taking. Listed below are some steps commonly taken by water systems with monitoring violations. Choose the appropriate language, or develop your own:
• We have since taken the required samples, as described in the last column of the table above. The samples showed we are meeting drinking water standards.
• We have since taken the required samples, as described in the last column of the table above. The sample for [contaminant] exceeded the limit. [Describe corrective action; use information from public notice prepared for violating the limit.]
• We plan to take the required samples soon, as described in the last column of the table above.
After Issuing the Notice Make sure to send the Division of Drinking Water (PO Box 144830, SLC, UT 84114-4830) a copy of each type of notice and a certification that you have met all the public notice requirements within ten days after issuing the notice (R309-105-16(3)).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER
Monitoring Requirements Not Met for [System] Our water system violated several drinking water standards over the past year. Even though these were not emergencies, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened and what we did to correct
these situations.
We are required to monitor your drinking water for specific contaminants on a regular basis. Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not our drinking water meets health standards. During
[compliance period] we ['did not monitor or test' or 'did not complete all monitoring or testing'] for [contaminant(s)] and therefore cannot be sure of the quality of our drinking water during that time. What should I do?
There is nothing you need to do at this time. The table below lists the contaminant(s) we did not properly test for during the last year, how often we are supposed to sample for [this contaminant/these contaminants] and how many samples we are supposed to take, how many samples we took, when samples should have been taken, and the date on which follow-up samples were (or will be) taken. Contaminant Required sampling frequency
Number of samples
taken
When all samples should have
been taken
When samples were or will be taken
Total Coliform 1 sample(s) every month
0 [Insert date]

[Insert date]

What happened? What is being done? [Describe corrective action.]
For more information, please contact [name of contact] at [phone number] or [mailing address]. Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not
have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.
This notice is being sent to you by [system]. Water System ID#: __________. Date distributed: