DDW-2024-013138

November 7, 2024
Matthew Benjamin ChambersSorrel River Ranch
MM 17, UT-128
Moab, Utah 84535
Subject:Concurrence, Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for the Colorado River Intake; Sorrel River Ranch; Water System #10033, Source No. WS001
Dear Matthew Benjamin Chambers:
The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan for the Sorrel River Ranch from you on September 27, 2024. The Division provided
the Delineation Report and requested additional information via email on October 23, 2024. You provided additional information on October 28, 2024.
We have completed our review of the DWSP plan and find that the plan basically complies with the applicable portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems.
The Division concurs with this plan. We commend you for establishing a program to protect this source from present and future contamination. This plan must be updated often enough to
ensure that it reflects current conditions in your protection zones.
The due date for submitting the next updated plan is December 31, 2027, and every six years, thereafter.
Please be aware that the source protection zones for this source have been incorporated into the Division’s Geographic Information System (GIS) database. In addition, these zones should
now appear on the Utah Environmental Interactive Map, so long as this system is currently classified as Public in the Division’s database. The Utah Environmental Interactive Map can
be accessed by visiting enviro.deq.utah.gov. We encourage you to visit the map to confirm that the location of this source and the source protection zones are accurate. If you need assistance
with navigating the map or to report any discrepancies, please call [phone] and ask to speak to source protection staff.RemindersAs stated in R309-600 and 605: Implementing DWSP
Plans - Each Public Water System (PWS) shall begin implementing each of its DWSP Plans in accordance with the implementation schedule within 180 days after submission if the plan is
not disapproved. Be prepared to describe these efforts in your next update, which should include documentation of how the land management strategies identified for existing and future
potential contamination sources were implemented. Your updated plan will be disapproved, and 25 Improvement Priority System (IPS) points will be assigned for failure to comply with this
requirement.As stated in R309-600 and 605: Recordkeeping - As a DWSP Plan is executed, the PWS shall document any land management strategies that are implemented. Please provide actual
copies of memoranda of understanding, public education programs, bill stuffers, newsletters, or other correspondence documenting the implementation of each land management strategy as
it occurs, in this section of your updated plan.Please contact Deidre Beck at [phone] or via email at [e-mail] if you have questions or concerns about the review of your
DWSP plan. To help us serve you more efficiently, please use the water system number (10033) in your correspondence.
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Section Manager
DLB/mrn/mdbcc:Orion Rogers, Southeast Utah Health Department, [e-mail] Benjamin Chambers, Sorrel River Ranch, [e-mail] Beck, P.G., Division
of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
Curtis Page, P.E., DEQ District Engineer, [e-mail]
DBeck 10033 WS001 DWSP Concur