DDW-2025-006301

July 14, 2025
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Evonne RoundyBoulder Farmstead Water Co
PO Box 1356
Boulder, Utah [e-mail]
Subject:Concurrence, Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for the Boulder Farmstead Well Repl-1; Boulder Farmstead Water Co; Water System #09002, Source No. WS005Temporary Exception,
R309-600-13(2)(d); Boulder Farmstead Well Repl-1; Boulder Farmstead Water Co; Water System #09002, Source No. WS005
This Temporary Exception expires on December 31, 2028
Dear Evonne Roundy:
The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan for the Boulder Farmstead Well Repl-1 from your consultant, Richard Emerson with
Cascade Water Resources, on October 31, 2023. Division staff requested additional information via email on December 11, 2023, and January 27, 2025. A disapproval letter was sent on April
14, 2025. The system provided an exception request on July 10, 2025.
We have completed our review of the DWSP plan, stamped and signed by Richard Emerson, P.G., and dated January 23, 2025, and find that the plan basically complies with the applicable
portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems. The Division concurs with this plan. We commend you for establishing a program to protect this source from
present and future contamination. This plan must be updated often enough to ensure that it reflects current conditions in your protection zones.
The due date for submitting the next updated plan is December 31, 2028.
Please be aware that the source protection zones for this source have now been incorporated into the Division’s Geographic Information System (GIS) database. In addition, these zones
should now appear on the Utah Environmental Interactive Map, so long as this system is currently classified as Public in the Division’s database. The Utah Environmental Interactive Map
can be accessed by visiting enviro.deq.utah.gov. We encourage you to visit the map to confirm that the location of this source and the source protection zones are accurate. If you need
assistance with navigating the map or to report any discrepancies, please call [phone] and ask to speak to source protection staff.
Temporary Exception to R309-600-13(2)(d) for the Boulder Farmstead Well Repl-1 (WS005)
On July 10, 2025, the Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received your request for
a temporary exception to R309-600-13(2)(d) - Land Use Agreements, Letters of Intent, or Zoning Ordinances. According to this rule, a Public Water System (PWS) shall not introduce a new
source of drinking water until copies of each applicable recorded land use agreements are submitted to DDW.
Land use agreements (LUAs) were unable to be signed by two landowners (USFS and Mr. Mark Austin) within protection zones one and two, therefore, a temporary exception request has been
submitted.
The basis for your request for an exception to R309-600-13(2)(d) is as follows:
The two property owners have been contacted, however, signed LUAs were unable to be obtained. The USFS typically does not sign LUAs.
This is a replacement well for a well that was previously permitted and in operation since 1996.
Current landowners do not have any potential contamination sources (PCSs) located within zones one or two and future land use is not expected to introduce new PCSs.
You propose to implement the following measures to meet the intent of the rule:
Management strategies outlined in the drinking water source protection (DWSP) plan will be implemented. This includes communicating with landowners to deter future PCSs from being located
within zones one and/or two.
On this basis, an exception to R309-600-13(2)(d)is hereby granted for the Boulder Farmstead Well Repl-1 (WS005), contingent upon your compliance with the following conditions:This Temporary
Exception expires on December 31, 2028.Exceptions granted by the Division include an expiration date to ensure that the basis and conditions for granting the exception are verified periodically
and that the drinking water quality remains protected.After receiving your request, the Division will determine whether this exception can be reissued.You will be required to resubmit
an exception request along with confirmation that all conditions outlined in this temporary exception have been fulfilled and obtain an exception renewal prior to December 31, 2028.
Thereafter, renewal of this exception will be required every six (6) years, to coincide with the schedule for updating your DWSP plan.You must provide documentation that the measures
you have agreed to above have been implemented. This documentation will need to be included as part of the recordkeeping section of your updated DWSP plan, which will be due by December
31, 2028.It is imperative that this exception be renewed by December 31, 2028; failure to do so will result in 10 Improvement Priority System (IPS) Points being assessed (deficiency
code SP04).This Temporary Exception may be rescinded at 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.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 submittal 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 Noah Zorsky, P.G., at [phone] or via email at
[e-mail] if you have questions or concerns about the review of your DWSP plan. To help us serve you more efficiently, please use the water system number (09002) in your correspondence.
Sincerely,
Russell Seeley, P.E.
Assistant Director
NAZ/mrn/AD/mdb
Attachment:Temporary Exception Request Lettercc:Jeremy Roberts, Southwest Utah Health Department, [e-mail] Emerson, P.G., Cascade Water Resources, [e-mail]
Roundy, Boulder Farmstead Water Co, [e-mail] Zorsky, P.G., Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail] Wright, P.E., DEQ District Engineer, [e-mail]
Yee, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
NZorsky 09002 WS005 DWSP Concur