DDW-2025-003309

April 8, 2025
Chance Baxter
Bear River Water Conservancy District
102 West Forest Street
Brigham City, Utah 843302
Subject:Plan Approval, Well Drilling, South Willard Well 2 (WS005);
Bear River WCD - So Willard, System #02077, File #18192
Dear Chance Baxter:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the plans and specifications for drilling the South Willard Well 2 from your consultant, Ted Wallace, P.G.,
with Hansen, Allen, & Luce, on December 3, 2024. Review comments were provided to your consultant on December 12, 2024. The Division received additional information on the project on
December 13, 2024.
We understand that this project consists of drilling a new drinking water well to serve the Bear River WCD - So Willard water system. If the cable tool drilling method is selected, the
proposed well will consist of a 16-inch diameter carbon steel well casing with several perforated intervals below a depth of 300 feet and a 20-inch diameter low carbon steel surface
conductor casing installed to a depth of approximately 100 feet. If the rotary drilling method is selected, the proposed well will consist of a 16-inch diameter HSLA steel well casing
interspersed with several intervals of 16-inch diameter louvered HSLA screen below a depth of 300 feet and a 26-inch diameter low carbon steel surface conductor casing installed to a
depth of approximately 100 feet. For the rotary drilling method, a gravel filter pack will be installed to the total depth of the well. Once drilled, the well will be grouted to a depth
of 100 feet. The South Willard Well 2 is identified as WS005 in the Division’s database.
We have received the following information for South Willard Well 2:
Plans and specifications for borehole and well drilling.
Preliminary Evaluation Report.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped and signed by Scott Greenhalgh, P.E., and dated October 28, 2024, and found they basically comply with the applicable
portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems. On this basis, the plans for drilling South Willard Well 2 are hereby approved. This approval pertains to well
drilling, development, aquifer testing, and disinfection of South Willard Well 2 only. Please be aware that discharge permits may be required by Utah Division of Water Quality for discharges
generated during well drilling and aquifer drawdown testing.
The Utah Division of Water Rights (State Engineer’s Office) regulates the drilling of water wells. Before the drilling of a well commences, the well driller must receive a start card
from the State Engineer’s Office. Please be aware that, for public drinking water supply wells, in addition to the Division of Drinking Water’s R309-515 rule, the Division of Water Rights’
rule R655-4 also applies and shall be followed.
After drilling is completed, you are required to submit additional information outlined in R309-515-6(5)(b) and (c) for review, andobtain an approval from the Director for equipping
this well and constructing discharge piping and infrastructure necessary for introducing the well water into the distribution system. After obtaining the well equipping approval, you’ll
then be required to obtain an Operating Permit before South Willard Well 2 may be put in service. A checklist outlining the well approval process, including the items required for well
equipping and an Operating Permit, is enclosed for your information.
Please label the well water sample collected for new source chemical analysis with your water system number UTAH02077 and WS005 (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.
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 materials have not been ordered within one year of the date of this letter.
Preliminary Evaluation Report Concurrence
The Division has also reviewed the Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) for this source submitted by your consultant on December 3, 2024. The Division requested additional information
for the potential contamination sources via email on December 16, 2024. Your consultant provided this information on April 2, 2025. The Division concurs with this report.
This report must be refined, and a complete Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan submitted within one year of the date of this letter. Refer to R309-600-13(6) and R309-600-7(1).
Please contact Noah Zorsky, 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.
If you have any questions regarding this approval, please contact Hunter Payne, of this office, at [phone], or me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
HP/NAZ/mrn/mdbEnclosure — Well Approval Checklistcc:Grant Koford, Bear River Health Department, [e-mail] Wallace, P.G., Hansen, Allen, & Luce, [e-mail]
Nielsen, P.E., Hansen, Allen, & Luce, [e-mail] Baxter, Bear River Water Conservancy District, [e-mail] Payne, P.E., Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
Spevak, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
Noah Zorsky, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
hpayne 02077 18192 PA Drilling WS005Division of Drinking WaterChecklist for New Public Drinking Water Wells
(per Utah Administrative Code, Rule R309-515-6)
System Name:System Number:Well Name & Description:1.Approval to Drill the Well
☐Project Notification Form (PNF)
☐Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) concurrence

☐Well drilling specifications and plans
☐Valid Start Card or authorization to drill letter from the Division of Water Rights2.Approval to Equip the Well
☐PNF (if the well drilling and well equipping are designed by different consultants)
☐Well location data
☐Certification of well seal
☐Well driller’s report (well log)
☐Aquifer drawdown test results (step drawdown test & constant-rate test) for well yield determination
☐Chemical analyses of the well water
☐Plans and specifications for equipping the well
☐Pump information (e.g., pump specifications, pump curve & operating point, motor information, etc.)
☐Well head discharge piping
☐Well house design3.Operating Permit to Introduce the Well Water
☐Documentation of valid water right(s)
☐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 conformance with plan approval conditions
☐Design engineer’s certification of rule conformance for any deviation from approved plans
☐As-built or record drawings
☐Evidence of O&M manual delivery to system owner
☐Satisfactory bacteriological results as evidence of proper flushing and disinfection