DDW-2024-007095

April 9, 2024
Naylene M. Nield
Meadows Ranch Water Company
PO Box 2301
Cedar City, Utah 84721
Subject:Updated Drinking Water Source Protection Plan and Waiver Renewal Required for Well #3 East and Well #4 East; Meadows Ranch; Water System #11045, Source Numbers WS003 and WS004
Dear Naylene M. Nield:
The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) has not received updated Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plans for Well #3 East and Well #4 East, which were required by December
31, 2016. Deficiencies (SP04 ACTIVE SOURCE LACKS APPROVED UPDATES TO DWSP) have been added to the Division’s database and ten (10) Improvement Priority System (IPS) points assigned (5
points per source).
Well #3 East and Well #4 East currently have monitoring reduction susceptibility waivers for volatile organic contaminants (VOCs). Currently, VOC monitoring is required once every six
(6) years. According to R309-600-13(2), if a source's DWSP plan is due and is not submitted to the Division, its susceptibility waivers for the VOC parameter group will expire. Susceptibility
waivers must be renewed every six years with your updated source protection plan. Because the Division has not received an updated DWSP plan or signed waiver statement, these sources
are no longer eligible for susceptibility waivers. Please submit an updated DWSP plan and signed waiver statement (attached) within 90 days, or your waivers will lapse, and your monitoring
schedule will change. Guidance for preparing the updated DWSP plan can be found online at https://deq.utah.gov/drinking-water/preparing-source-protection-plans.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 submission 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.Please contact Deidre Beck at [phone] or via email at [e-mail] if you have questions about the source
protection requirements. Contact David Kruse at [phone] or via email at [e-mail] if you have any questions about your current monitoring schedule.To help us serve you
more efficiently, please use the water system number (11045) in your correspondence.
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
DLB/DK/mrn/mdb
Attachment:Susceptibility Waiver applicationcc:Jeremy Roberts, Southwest Utah Health Department, [e-mail] M. Nield, Meadows Ranch, [e-mail] Beck,
P.G., Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
J. Paul Wright, P.E., DEQ District Engineer, [e-mail]
David Kruse, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
DBeck 11045 WS003 WS004 Update Required
Susceptibility Waiver Application for:
Name of Water System:
Name of Drinking Water Source(s):
I, , Designated Person (per R309-600) for theWater System, hereby state that I am confident that a susceptibility waiver for VOCs and/or pesticides will not threaten public health.
Signature:
Date:
Note: We must have a record of the monitoring results of at least one sample from the VOC and/or pesticide parameter group taken in the last five years. A non-detect result is required.