DDW-2025-000968

January 29, 2025
Jason Wayne Taylor
South Salt Lake City Water System
195 West Oakland Avenue
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115
Subject:Plan Approval, Price Avenue Water Line, Utah18032 Distribution System (DS001);
South Salt Lake City Water System, System #18032, File #18587
Exception to R309-550-7(1) Minimum Separation Requirements for Price Avenue Water Line, Utah18032 Distribution System (DS001); System #18032, File #18587
Dear Jason Wayne Taylor:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the plans and specifications for Price Avenue Water Line from your consultant, Sterling Woodruff and Horrocks
Engineers on December 24, 2024. Written review comments were provided to your consultant on December 26, 2024, January 13, 2025, and January 21, 2025. The Division received the revised
plans and specifications on January 22, 2025. This project has met the conditions for receiving a plan approval.
On December 24, 2024, the Division also received a completed Water/Sewer Separation - Exception Request Form and Water/Sewer Separation - Exception Request Spreadsheetfor an exception
to Rule R309-550-7(1), Separation of Water Mains and Transmission Lines from Sewers and Other Pollution Sources for Utah18032 Distribution System (DS001). This rule states specifically
that the horizontal distance between pressure water mains and sanitary sewer lines shall be at least ten feet and that where a main and a sewer line must cross, the water main shall
be at least 18 inches above the sewer line.
Plan Approval
Our understanding of the project includes the following:
5,800 linear feet of new 12-inch diameter C900 PVC DR18 water line that will connect the Price Avenue Well (WS014) to the existing Utah18032 Distribution System (DS001) in the Division’s
database.
The water line will utilize jack-and-bore steel casing installations for a road crossing and the crossing of the Millcreek Channel.
The water line will not add any ERCs to the existing system.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped and signed byMark Edward Chandler, P.E., dated December 23, 2024, and find they basically comply with the applicable
portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems in R309. On this basis, the plans for Price Avenue Waterline are hereby approved.
This approval pertains to construction only. An Operating Permit must be obtained from the Director before Price Avenue Waterline 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, a 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.
Exception to R309-550(7)(1) – Minimum Separation Requirements
The background and basis of your exception request to R309-550-7(1) is included in the attached Water/Sewer Separation - Exception Request Form and Water/Sewer Separation - Exception
Request Spreadsheet.
On the basis of the submitted documents, an exception to R309-550-7(1), Separation of Water Mains and Transmission Lines from Sewers and Other Pollution Sources, is hereby granted for
Utah18032 Distribution System (DS001).This exception may be rescinded any time if new evidence indicates that the conditions of this exception are no longer being met, or a public health
risk exists due to this exception.
Please maintain a copy of this letter with your permanent records for future reference.
If you have any questions regarding this approval, please contact Rebecca Yoo, P.E., of this office, at [phone], or me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
RY/mrn/mdbEnclosures –Operating Permit ChecklistWater/Sewer Separation - Exception Request FormWater/Sewer Separation - Exception Request SpreadsheetReceived on January 22, 2025cc:Matthias
Neville, Salt Lake County Health Department, [e-mail] Hararah, Salt Lake County Health Department, [e-mail] Chandler, Horrocks Engineers, [e-mail]
Woodruff, Horrocks Engineers, [e-mail] Wayne Taylor, South Salt Lake City Water System, [e-mail] Yoo, P.E., Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
Nagendra Dev, P.E., Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail] 18032 18587 SSL Price Ave WL
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