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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDDW-2024-014331 December 16, 2024 John Willard BattyKanarraville Town HC 65 Box 748 Kanarraville, Utah 84742 Subject:Concurrence, Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for the Town Well #3; Kanarraville Town; Water System #11006, Source No. WS004 Dear John Willard Batty: The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan for the Town Well #3 from your consultant, Bryce Larsen with Ensign Engineering, on December 11, 2023. The Division requested additional information via email on March 15, 2024. Your consultant provided revisions on March 18, 2024. The Division requested additional information via email on March 25, 2024. Your consultant provided revisions to the plan on November 1, 2024. We have completed our review of the DWSP plan, stamped and signed by Curtis L. Nielsen, P.E., and dated December 12, 2024, and found 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, 2028, and every six years, thereafter. Please be aware that the source protection zones for this source have now 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 (801) 536-4200 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 (385) 271-7046 or via email at dbeck@utah.gov 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 (11006) in your correspondence. Sincerely, Michael Newberry, P.E. Permitting and Engineering Support Manager DLB/mrn/mdbcc:Jeremy Roberts, Southwest Utah Health Department, jroberts@swuhealth.govBryce Ross, Ensign Engineering, bross@ensignutah.comCurtis Nielson, P.E., Ensign Engineering, cnielson@ensignutah.comJohn Willard Batty, Kanarraville Town, jwb1910@gmail.comHeidi Loveland, Kanarraville Town, heidi@kanarraville.org Deidre Beck, P.G., Division of Drinking Water, dbeck@utah.govJ. Paul Wright, P.E., DEQ District Engineer, pwright@utah.gov DBeck 11006 WS004 DWSP Concur