DDW-2025-008109

August 28, 2025
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Katherine Munns
Portage Town Water System
P.O. Box 4
Portage, Utah 84331
[e-mail]
Subject:Concurrence, Updated Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for the South Canyon Spring, 1978 Well, and Upper Spring; Portage Town Water System; Water System #02012, Source No.
WS001, WS003, WS004
Dear Katherine Munns:
The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the updated Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan for the South Canyon Spring, 1978 Well, and Upper Spring from you, on
March 20, 2024.
We have completed our review of the updated DWSP plan 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 updated plan. We commend you for establishing a program to protect these sources 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 for the springs is December 31, 2029.
The due date for submitting the next updated plan for the well is December 31, 2028.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.
Monitoring Reduction Waivers
WS001 - South Canyon Spring
Your request for a use waiver renewal for volatile organic contaminants (VOCs) and pesticides
has been granted.
WS004 - Upper Spring
Your request for a use waiver renewal for volatile organic contaminants (VOCs) and pesticides
has been granted.
An updated monitoring schedule can be viewed at any time at waterlink.utah.gov under the Water Monitoring section. Use and susceptibility waivers must be renewed every six years with
your updated source protection plan, by submitting an updated waiver statement. If the update is not received, your waivers may lapse, and your monitoring schedule will change.Please
contact Ivan Gaichuk at [phone] or via email at [e-mail] if you have questions or concerns about the review of your DWSP plan. Contact David Kruse at [phone] or
via email at [e-mail] if you have any questions about your monitoring schedule. To help us serve you more efficiently, please use the water system number (02012) in your correspondence.
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
IG/mrn/mdbcc:Katherine Munns, Portage Town Water System, [e-mail] Munns, Portage Town Water System, [e-mail] Koford, Bear River Health
Department, [e-mail] Gaichuk, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
David Kruse, Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
Igaichuk 02012-WS001-WS003-WS004 DWSP Update Concur-2025