DDW-2024-014707

December 23, 2024
Noreen Johnson, Mayor
Bicknell Town
P.O. Box 96
Bicknell, Utah 84715
Subject:Revised Plan Approval, Well Equipping, Brinkerhoff Well (WS009) & Well Transmission Pipeline; Bicknell Town, System #28001, File #15584, SRF #3F1786
Dear Mayor Noreen Johnson:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the revised plans and specifications for equipping the Brinkerhoff Well and installing the well supply
pipeline from your consultant, Brennan Rees with Ensign Engineering, on December 5, 2024. Prior plan approval for equipping the Brinkerhoff Well was issued on August 1, 2024. However,
due to budget constraints after receiving bids on the project, changes were made to the well house and well supply pipeline alignment. Those revisions were submitted as part of the revised
plans on December 5, 2024. Written review comments were sent to your consultant on December 11th and revised plans were received on December 19th. This project, once again, meets the
conditions for receiving a plan approval.
Our understanding of the changes to the project due to budget constraints is that the new well house will no longer be a masonry block building but will be a “Conex” type shipping container
that will be set on a permanent foundation and modified to serve as a well house and future disinfection room. The modifications to the container provide the necessary components to
meet the applicable Drinking Water Rules. The well transmission pipeline has been modified to take a more direct route to town, reducing the length of piping needed, but requires a lengthy
bore under the Fremont River and adjacent wetlands. All other aspects of the project remain unchanged from the well equipping plan approval issued on August 1, 2024.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped, and signed by Brennan R. Rees, P.E., dated October 10, 2024,and found they basically comply with the applicable
portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems in R309. On this basis, the revised plans for equipping the Brinkerhoff Wellare hereby approved.
This approval pertains to construction only and shall include all other requirements set forth in the plan approval letter issued on August 1, 2024. An Operating Permit must be obtained
from the Director before the Brinkerhoff Well and associated pipelines 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, 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.
If you have any questions regarding this approval, please contact John Chartier, P.E., DEQ Central District Engineer, at [phone], or me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
JLC/mrn/mdbEnclosures –Operating Permit Checklistcc:Eric Larsen, Central Utah Public Health Department, [e-mail] Brennan R. Rees, P.E., Ensign Engineering, [e-mail]
Noreen Johnson, Bicknell Town, [e-mail] John Chartier, P.E., Department of Environmental Quality, [e-mail]
Heather Pattee, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail] jchartier 28001 15584 Revised PA
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