DDW-2024-007226

April 18, 2024
Joyce & William Hogan
South Rim Water System
PO Box 244
South Rim, Utah 84071
Subject:Concurrence, Updated Drinking Water Source Protection Plan for the Ridgeline Well; South Rim Water System; Water System #23079, Source No. WS002
Dear Joyce & William Hogan:
The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the updated Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) plan for the Ridgeline Well from your consultant, Megan Jenson with the RWAU,
on October 17, 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 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.
Note
An updated DWSP plan for the Bertha Well (WS001) was also submitted on October 17, 2022. However, this plan could not be concurred with due to issues described in an email to Megan Jensen
on March 21, 2024. A 90-day courtesy period was granted for these issues to be resolved before a formal disapproval is sent. 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
The Ridgeline Well was previously approved for use waivers for pesticides and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in 2017. However, no signed use waiver was provided with this update for
waiver renewal. Division rules require systems to reevaluate and renew their waivers every six years if they determine that their source still meets waiver eligibility. If South Rim
Water System would like their use waiver for the Ridgeline Well (WS002) to remain active, please provide a signed use waiver within 90 days of the date of this letter. Please contact
Noah Zorsky 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 (23079) in your correspondence.
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting Section Manager
NAZ/mrn/mdbcc:Bryan Slade, Tooele County Health Department, [e-mail] Jensen, RWAU, [e-mail] & William Hogan, South Rim Water System, [e-mail]
Zorsky, P.G., Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
NZorsky 23079 WS002 Update Concur