DDW-2024-012147

October 16, 2024
Kristi Bell
Uintah Town Water System
2105 East 6550 South
Uintah, Utah 84405
Subject:Plan Approval, Valley Meadows Subdivision Water Line and Exception to R309-550-7(1) Minimum Separation Requirements for Valley Meadows Subdivision, UTAH29020 Distribution System
(DS001);
Uintah Town Water System, System #29020, File #16246
Dear Kristi Bell:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received an exception request to R309-550-7(1) Minimum Separation Requirements for Valley Meadow Subdivision on September
3, 2024. The Division notified your consultant that the Valley Meadows Subdivision water line would require plan approval on September 6, 2024. The Division received the plans and specifications
for the proposed Valley Meadows Subdivision from your consultant, Matt Hartvigsen, P.E., with Jones & Associates on September 13, 2024. Written review comments were provided to your
consultant on October 7, 2024. The Division received plan review information including project specifications on October 8, 2924. This project has met the conditions for receiving a
plan approval.
Plan Approval
Our understanding of the project includes installing approximately 600 linear feet of 8-inch diameter C900 PVC pipe to serve nine new residential connections along 6750 South Street
in Uintah, UT. The project will also include installing two new fire hydrants.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped, and signed byJames B. Flint, P.E., dated September 12, 2024, and find 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 the Valley Meadows Subdivision water line are hereby approved.
This approval pertains to construction only. An Operating Permit must be obtained from the Director before the Valley Meadows Subdivision water line may be put 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, a 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.
Exception to R309-550(7)(1) – Minimum Separation RequirementsAs part of the exception request included with this project, the Division received a Water/Sewer Separation - Exception Request
Form, a completed Water/Sewer Separation - Exception Request Spreadsheet detailing the five sewer/water crossing where minimum separation requirements cannot be met, and a drawing showing
the location of each crossing. The completed Exception Request Form is enclosed with this letter, constituting approval of the exception request.
Please maintain a copy of this letter with your permanent records for future reference.
If you have any questions regarding this approval please contact Hunter Payne, of this office, at [phone], or me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
HP/mrn/mdbEnclosures –Operating Permit ChecklistWater/Sewer Separation - Exception Request Formcc:Scott Braeden, Weber-Morgan Health Department, [e-mail] Hartvigsen,
P.E., Jones & Associates, [e-mail] Bell, Uintah Town Water System, [e-mail] Payne, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
Ted Black, Office of the State Fire Marshal, [e-mail] 29020 16246 PA Valley Meadows and Exception
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