DDW-2024-014333

December 16, 2024
Tyler Mendenhall
Hatch Town Water System
PO Box 625
Hatch, Utah 84735
Subject:Concurrence, Updated Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for Well No. 4 and Well No. 5; Hatch Town Water System; Water System #09005, Source No. WS004 and WS005
Dear Tyler Mendenhall:
The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the updated Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan for Well No. 4 and Well No. 5 from you on January 31, 2023.
We have completed our review of the updated 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 updated plan. We commend you for establishing a program to protect these sources 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.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 submittal 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.
Monitoring Reduction Waivers
You requested to renew your use waiver for volatile organic contaminants (VOCs) and pesticides for Well No. 4 (WS004). Your renewal request has been granted. Your sampling schedule remains
the same for this source.
You requested a use waiver for VOCs and/or pesticides for Well No. 5 (WS005). This source is not eligible for use waivers for pesticides or VOCs because the requirements of R309-600-16(3)
have not been met. This is because roads are located within zones one through three, where VOCs and pesticides are likely used, disposed of, or transported. This source currently has
reliably and consistently waivers for pesticides, reducing the monitoring frequency to one sample every three years. VOCs are currently on a quarterly sampling schedule. Your monitoring
schedule remains the same for this source. Please contact Noah Zorsky, P.G., at [phone] or via email at [e-mail] if you have questions or concerns about the review of
your DWSP plan. Contact David Kruse at [phone] or via email at [e-mail] if you have any questions about your monitoring schedule. To help us serve you more efficiently,
please use the water system number (09005) in your correspondence.
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
NAZ/mrn/mdbcc:Jeremy Roberts, Southwest Utah Health Department, [e-mail] Mendenhall, Hatch Town Water System, [e-mail] Mendenhall, Hatch Town
Water System, [e-mail] Zorsky, P.G., Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
Paul Wright, P.E., DEQ District Engineer, [e-mail]
NZorsky 09005 WS004 WS005 Update Concur