DDW-2024-007129

195 North 1950 West • Salt Lake City, UT
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 144830 • Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4830
Telephone [phone] • Fax [phone] • T.D.D. [phone]
www.deq.utah.gov
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State of Utah

SPENCER J. COX
Governor

DEIDRE HENDERSON
Lieutenant Governor

Department of
Environmental Quality

Kimberly D. Shelley
Executive Director

DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER
Nathan Lunstad P.E
Director

March 28, 2024

Art Gruber
Stoddard Inn
1747 N 400 W
Sunset, Utah 84015

Subject: Water System Violation – Stoddard Inn , UTAH15029

Art Gruber:

The Division of Drinking Water records show this water system is in violation of the State of Utah Public
Drinking Water Rules as follows:

For the month of January and February, this water system did not report triggered groundwater source
bacteriologic analysis results to the Division of Drinking Water (DDW) as required by Utah
Administrative Code (UAC) Rule R309-215-16, Groundwater Rule (GWR). This system is required to
collect one triggered groundwater source sample from each source “in-use” at the time of the positive
Total Coliform Rule (TCR) sample, have it analyzed, and send the results to us. Failure to collect samples
is a violation of Section R309-215-16(2)(a)(ii) of the rules. This violation results in the addition of 25
points to this system’s Improvement Priority System (IPS) report and could adversely affect this water
system’s rating (see R309-400).

You must notify all consumers within one year after you learn of the violation (R309-220-7(2)). Failure to
provide public notification will in the future result in the addition of five points to this system’s IPS report.
A copy of the notice you send to each customer must be forwarded to us within ten days after issuing the
notice (R309-105-16(2)). Refer to the enclosed example of a public notice.

To resolve this violation, collect the required TRIGGERED GROUNDWATER SOURCE sample, have it
analyzed, and send the results to the DDW. Once the Division has received the appropriate sample results,
this violation will be returned to compliance. The IPS points will remain on this system’s IPS report for a
rolling 12-month period.

If this letter is in error and you do have TRIGGERED GROUNDWATER SOURCE bacteriological
analysis results for this month, please send a copy to [e-mail]. Upon receipt of the results,
we can delete this violation from this record.

Art Gruber
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March 28, 2024

If you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Sitara Federico at [phone] or
[e-mail] .

Sincerely,
Mark Berger
Monitoring and Standards Section Manager

Enclosure
cc: Art Gruber, Stoddard Inn, [e-mail]
Scott Braeden, Weber-Morgan Health Department

Instructions for Monitoring Violations Annual Notice–Community (Tier 3 - Coliform)

Template on Reverse

Since most monitoring violations are included in Tier 3, you must provide public notice to persons served within
one year after you learn of the violation (R309-220-7(2)). Multiple monitoring violations can be serious, check with
the Division of Drinking Water (801-536-4200) to make sure you meet the public notification requirements.

Community systems must use one of the following (R309-220-7(3)(a)):

• Hand or direct delivery
• Mail, as a separate notice or included with the bill

Non-community systems must use one of the following (R309-220-7(3)(b)):

• Posting in conspicuous locations
• Hand delivery
• Mail

In addition, both community and non-community systems must use another method reasonably calculated to
reach others if they would not be reached by the first method (R309-220-7(3)). Such methods could include
newspapers, e-mail, or delivery to community organizations. If you post the notice, it must remain posted until the
violation is resolved. If the violation has been resolved, you must post the notice for at least one week (R309-220-
7(2)). If you mail, post, or hand deliver, print your notice on letterhead, if available.

The notice on the reverse is appropriate for insertion in an annual notice or the CCR, as long as public notification
timing and delivery requirements are met (R309-220-7(4)). You may need to modify the template for a notice for
individual monitoring violations. This example presents violations in a table; however, you may write out an
explanation for each violation if you wish. For any monitoring violation for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or
other groups, you may list the group name in the table, but you must provide the name of every chemical in the
group on the notice, e.g., in a footnote.

You may need to modify the notice if you had any monitoring violations for which monitoring later showed a
maximum contaminant level or other violation. In such cases, you should refer to the public notice you issued at
that time.

Include in your notice the standard language for monitoring and testing procedure violations in italics (R309-220-8
(4)(b)). If you modify the notice, you may not alter this mandatory language.

Corrective Actions

In your notice, describe corrective actions you took or are taking. Listed below are some steps commonly taken by
water systems with monitoring violations. Choose the appropriate language, or develop your own:

• We have since taken the required samples, as described in the last column of the table above. The
samples showed we are meeting drinking water standards.
• We have since taken the required samples, as described in the last column of the table above. The
sample for [contaminant] exceeded the limit. [Describe corrective action; use information from public
notice prepared for violating the limit.]
• We plan to take the required samples soon, as described in the last column of the table above.

After Issuing the Notice

Make sure to send the Division of Drinking Water (PO Box 144830, SLC, UT 84114-4830) a copy of each type of
notice and a certification that you have met all the public notice requirements within ten days after issuing the
notice (R309-105-16(3)).

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER
Monitoring Requirements Not Met for [System]

Our water system violated several drinking water standards over the past year. Even though these were
not emergencies, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened and what we did to correct
these situations.

We are required to monitor your drinking water for specific contaminants on a regular basis. Results of
regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not our drinking water meets health standards. During
[compliance period] we ['did not monitor or test' or 'did not complete all monitoring or testing'] for
[contaminant(s)] and therefore cannot be sure of the quality of our drinking water during that time.

What should I do?

There is nothing you need to do at this time.

The table below lists the contaminant(s) we did not properly test for during the last year, how often we
are supposed to sample for [this contaminant/these contaminants] and how many samples we are
supposed to take, how many samples we took, when samples should have been taken, and the date on
which follow-up samples were (or will be) taken.
Contaminant Required
sampling
frequency
Number
of
samples
taken
When all
samples
should have
been taken
When samples
were or will be
taken
Total Coliform 1 sample(s) every
month
0 [Insert date]

[Insert date]

What happened? What is being done?

[Describe corrective action.]

For more information, please contact [name of contact] at [phone number] or [mailing address].

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not
have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and
businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

This notice is being sent to you by [system]. Water System ID#: __________. Date distributed: