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State of Utah
SPENCER J. COX
Governor
DIEDRE HENDERSON
Lieutenant Governor
Department of
Environmental Quality
Kimberly D. Shelley
Executive Director
DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER
Nathan Lunstad, Ph.D., P.E.
Director
November 12, 2024
Janice Robertson
Wildwood Subdivision
4351 E Provo Cyn #5
Provo, Utah 84604
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION - FAILURE TO MONITOR, Wildwood Subdivision
UTAH25035
Janice Robertson:
Our records indicate that this system is in violation of the State of Utah Public Drinking Water
Rules as follows:
Wildwood Subdivision is required to collect Disinfection Byproducts (DBP) samples. Analytical
results of required sampling have not been reported to the Division of Drinking Water.
The above sampling should have been completed during the July 1st through September 30th, 2024,
compliance period. Failure to comply with Water Quality Monitoring Requirements is in
violation of Utah Administration Code (UAC) Rule R309-210.
Please be aware that 15 points will be added to your water system’s IPS report. The violation and
associated points can be resolved by collecting the required samples during the July 1st to
September 30th, 2025, sampling period and submiting the sample results to the Division.
Additionally, you must notify all the water system’s consumers of this violation within one year
after you learn of the violation (see R309-220-7). Refer to the enclosed example of a public
notice. A copy of the notice sent to the system’s consumers must be forwarded to the Division of
Drinking Water (ddwreports@utah.gov) within ten days after issuing the notice (see R309-105-
16(2)). Failure to provide the required public notification within one year will result in the
addition of five points to this system’s IPS report to be reassessed every compliance period until
the Division receives a copy of the public notice.
Please contact Luke Treutel at (385) 258-6084 or ltreutel@utah.gov if you have any questions or
need assistance regarding this notice.
Janice Robertson
Page 2 of 62
December 13, 2022
Sincerely,
Mark Berger
Rules Section Manager
Enclosure:
3-Annual Notice-DBP Monitoring
cc: Janice Robertson, Wildwood Subdivision, frayedknotts6@gmail.com
Daymon Swenson, Utah County Health Department
Instructions for Monitoring Violations Annual Notice – Chemical Monitoring (Tier 3)
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
Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) 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 the July 1 – September 30, 2024, monitoring period we did not collect the
required disinfection byproduct (DBP) samples 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 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
Disinfection
Byproducts
(DBPs)
1 sample every
three months
(Quarterly)
0 July 1, 2024 to
September 30,
2024
XXXX
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#: [UTAHXXXXX]. Date distributed:
[DD/MM/YYY]