DDW-2025-002268

March 10, 2025
Travis Blackburn
Axtell Community Service Distribution
P.O. Box 21093
Axtell, Utah 84621
Subject:Plan Approval, Pole Canyon Spring (WS002) & Spring Transmission Pipeline;
Axtell Community Service Distribution, System #20051, File #13039, SRF #3F1845
Dear Travis Blackburn:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the plans and specifications for the Axtell Community Service Distribution System’s new Pole Canyon Spring
and Spring Transmission Pipeline from your consultant, Mitch Heap with Sunrise Engineering on June 10, 2024. Written review comments were sent to your consultant on June 13, 2024, and
revised plans were received on July 17, 2024. Included in the written review comments were the requirement to have a Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) for the proposed spring. The
PER was received on February 24, 2025.
Our understanding of the project is that a new spring, Pole Canyon Spring, will be developed for use as a new culinary water source for Axtell Community Service Distribution Water System.
Pole Canyon Spring consists of two collection areas with individual collection pipes and collection manholes and is located east of Axtell’s existing Michaelson Spring (WS001). A new
6-inch diameter HDPE spring transmission line will be installed from the Pole Canyon Spring down to the existing Michaelson Spring and connect into the existing spring transmission pipeline.
The new spring transmission pipeline will be approximately 30,500 feet long and includes combination air/vacuum valves, air vents, isolation valves, a flow meter and 2 stock connections.
Pole Canyon Spring is identified as WS002 in the Division’s database.
We have received the following information for Pole Canyon Spring:
Plans and specifications for the Pole Canyon Spring development.
Preliminary Evaluation Report.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped and signed by Jesse M. Ralphs, P.E., and dated July 16, 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 developing Pole Canyon Spring and transmission pipelineare hereby approved.
Please label the spring water sample collected for new source chemical analysis with your water system number UTAH20051 and WS002 (for both the facility ID and sample point ID) on all
laboratory forms for each individual source. This will ensure proper identification and entry of the new source chemical analysis results in our database.
This approval pertains to construction only. Following completion of construction, you must obtain an Operating Permit prior to placing Pole Canyon Spring and transmission pipeline into
service. A checklist outlining the spring approval process, including the items required for issuing an Operating Permit is enclosed for your information. Enclosed please also find an
Operating Permit Checklist for other components of this project.
Please note that before requesting an Operating Permit for this project, you must submit the required new source chemical analysis data to the Division for review to determine whether
additional treatment is required for using the Pole Canyon Spring as a public drinking water source.The operating permit will include requirements for monthly Escherichia Coli (E. Coli)
sampling at Pole Canyon Spring (WS002), also called assessment monitoring, during the operating period when the spring is accessible for a minimum of 6 months. This monitoring is required
to evaluate the quality of the water coming from Pole Canyon Spring (WS002) to better protect public health. Additional monitoring and/or disinfection requirements may be assigned depending
on the results of the assessment monitoring. Approvals or permits from the local authority or 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.
Concurrence – Preliminary Evaluation Report
The Division received the Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) for the Pole Canyon Spring from your consultant, Dao Yang, P.E. and Sunrise Engineering, LLC on February 24, 2025. The Division
concurs with this report. This PER must be refined, and a complete Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) Plan is submitted within one (1) year of the date of this letter. Refer to
R309-600-13(6) and R309-600-7(1). You did submit the Land Use Agreement acknowledgement from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, dated January 29, 2025.
Please contact Melissa Noble, P.G., at [phone] or at [e-mail] if you have questions or concerns about the review of your Preliminary Evaluation Report.
The project, as described herein, is generally eligible for assistance under the Drinking Water Construction Assistance Program. All change orders will need to be reviewed and approved
for compliance with the Drinking Water Rules and the conditions of this construction approval.
The project may now be advertised for bids. But, as a condition of the project funding, you must not award the contract or proceed with construction until the Division of Drinking Water
has authorized you to do so. This is necessary to comply with applicable requirements and to protect you, as the funding recipient, by ensuring that the contract meets requirements
for funded projects.
Federal regulations require that a concerted effort must be made to encourage participation of small and disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) by providing requisite information,
including plans and specifications on the project. In order to provide opportunities to DBE subcontractors, utilization goals for Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women-owned
Business Enterprises (WBE) have been determined to be 4% and 2%, respectively. As outlined in the contract documents, the prime contractor must submit a list of prepared MBE/WBE subcontractors
to be used on this project and documentation of solicitation efforts with the bid. The prime contractor's efforts to provide opportunities to DBE's must be reviewed and approved by
this office before the contract can be awarded.
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/MNN/mrn/mdb
Enclosures ─ Spring Approval Checklist; Operating Permit Checklistcc:Eric Larsen, Central Utah Public Health, [e-mail] Jesse M. Ralphs, P.E., Sunrise Engineering,
Inc., [e-mail] Travis Blackburn, Axtell Community SD, [e-mail]
John Chartier, P.E., DEQ Central District Engineer, [e-mail]
Melissa Noble, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
Sitara Federico, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail] Kjori Shelley, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail] jchartier 20051 13039 PA WS002Division of Drinking WaterChecklist

for New or Redeveloped Public Drinking Water Springs
System Name:System Number:Spring Name & Description:1.Approval to Develop (or Redevelop) the Spring
☐Project Notification Form
☐Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) concurrence (for new springs)
☐Spring location data
☐Documentation of valid water right(s)
☐If available, an engineer’s or geologist’s statement indicating:
☐The historical record of the spring flow variation
☐Expected minimum flow and the time of the year it will occur
☐Expected maximum flow and the time of the year it will occur
☐Expected average flow
☐The behavior of the spring during drought conditions
☐New source chemical analyses of the spring water (for new springs or existing springs that have not been sampled) [R309-515-4(5)]
☐An assessment of whether the spring is “under the direct influence of surface water” [This assessment can be based on an on-site inspection, known geological conditions, or specific
water analysis results such as an MPA.]
☐Detailed plans and specifications for spring developmentor redevelopment2.Operating Permit to Use the Spring Water
☐Information on the rate of flow developed from the spring
☐Historical spring flow data or a minimum of 3 years of spring flow data — for determining the spring yield and issuing an Operating Permit
☐Current spring flow rate — for issuing a temporary Operating Permit (in case of insufficient flow data for determining the spring yield)
☐ Recorded land use agreements, or documentation that the requirements for coverage under the City/County source protection ordinance have been met
☐Design engineer’s certification of rule conformance with plan approval conditions
☐Design engineer’s certification of rule conformance for any deviation from approved plans
☐As-built or record drawings
☐Proof of satisfactory bacteriological quality
☐Water quality data, where appropriate [If the initial new source sampling indicates unsatisfactory turbidity, the spring water must be re-sampled and proven to have turbidity level
below the MCL.]
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 (every 1200 feet, end-of-line, each branch, etc.)☐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, water quality data showing MCL compliance; raw and finished water data that demonstrate satisfactory performance of the new
treatment facility.]☐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