DDW-2025-010488

October 30, 2025
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Ken Richins
Hurricane City Water Department
147 North 870 West
Hurricane, Utah 84737
[e-mail]
Subject:Plan Approval, Well Drilling, Sky Ranch Well (WS011); Hurricane City, System #27007, File #19214
Dear Ken Richins:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the plans and specifications for the proposed Sky Ranch Well drilling project from Glen Carnahan, P.E., Alpha
Engineering, on February 5, 2025. A Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) was also submitted to the Division on the same date. Review comments and a request for clarification were sent
to you and your consultant on March 5, 2025. A response to those comments was received by the Division on March 12, 2025. The revised PER was submitted to the Division on October 29,
2025.
We understand that this project includes drilling a new drinking water well in the southern part of Hurricane, called the Sky Ranch Well. The well design includes drilling a minimum
30-inch diameter surface borehole to a depth of 100 feet. A 26-inch diameter permanent surface casing will also be installed to a depth of 100 feet. The well will be grouted between
the borehole and surface casing to a depth of 100 feet. The Sky Ranch Well (WS011) will be drilled to a total depth of approximately 1,100 feet with a 24-inch well borehole and a 16-inch
production well casing and screens at various depths. There will be approximately 453 feet (including casing extension above ground surface) of blank steel casing. There will be about
650 feet of stainless steel well screen.The surface casing (26-inch) and the blank steel casings (16-inch) will be ASTM A53 Grade B black steel with 0.375-inch thickness. Shur-Pak Glass
Bead Filter Pack or equivalent that is ANSI/NSF 61 certified will be placed between the permanent production casing and the borehole from 100 feet Below Ground Surface (BGS) to 1,100
BGS and between the permanent surface casing and the production casing from the ground surface to 100 feet BGS. A steel ring will be welded at the top of the casing between the 26-inch
surface casing and the 16-inch production casing to seal the inner annular space where the filter pack will be installed.The project also includes well development, logging, and pump
tests.
We have received the following information for the Sky Ranch Well drilling project:
Plans and specifications for borehole and well drilling.
Preliminary Evaluation Report .
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped and signed by Glen E. Carnahan, P.E., and dated February 4, 2025, and found they basically comply with the applicable
portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems. On this basis, the plans for drilling Sky Ranch Well are hereby approved. This approval pertains to well drilling,
development, aquifer testing, and disinfection of Sky Ranch Well only. Please be aware that discharge permits may be required by Utah Division of Water Quality for discharges generated
during well drilling and aquifer drawdown testing.
The Utah Division of Water Rights (State Engineer’s Office) regulates the drilling of water wells. Before the drilling of a well commences, the well driller must receive a start card
from the State Engineer’s Office. Please be aware that, for public drinking water supply wells, in addition to the Division of Drinking Water’s R309-515 rule, the Division of Water Rights’
rule R655-4 also applies and shall be followed.
After drilling is completed, you are required to submit additional information outlined in R309-515-6(5)(b) and (c) for review andobtain an approval from the Director for equipping this
well and constructing discharge piping and infrastructure necessary for introducing the well water into the distribution system. After obtaining the well equipping approval, you’ll then
be required to obtain an Operating Permit before Sky Ranch Well may be put in service. A checklist outlining the well approval process, including the items required for well equipping
and an Operating Permit, is enclosed for your information.
Please label the well water sample collected for new source chemical analysis with your water system number UTAH27007 and WS011 (for both the facility ID and sample point ID) on all
laboratory forms for each individual source. This will ensure proper identification and entry of the new source chemical analysis results in our database.
Approvals or permits from the local authority or county may be necessary before beginning construction of this project. As the project proceeds, notice of any changes in the approved
design, as well as any change affecting the quantity or quality of the delivered water, must be submitted to the Division. We may also conduct interim and final inspections of this project.
Please notify us when actual construction begins so that these inspections can be scheduled.
This approval must be renewed if construction has not begun or if substantial materials have not been ordered within one year of the date of this letter.Preliminary Evaluation Report
ConcurrenceThe Division has also reviewed the Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) for this source submitted by your consultant on February 6, 2025. The Division requested revisions to
the PER on February 10, 2025, which were provided on October 29, 2025. The Division concurs with this report. This report must be refined, and a complete Drinking Water Source Protection
(DWSP) plan submitted within one year of the date of this letter. Refer to R309-600-13(6) and R309-6007(1). Please contact Melissa Noble, P.G., at [phone] or at [e-mail]
if you have questions or concerns about the review of your Preliminary Evaluation Report
If you have any questions regarding this approval, please contact J. Paul Wright, P.E., DEQ Southwest District office, at [phone], or me at (385) 515‑1464.
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
JPW/NAZ/mrn/mdbEnclosure — Well Approval Checklistcc:Glen E. Carnahan, P.E., Alpha Engineering, [e-mail] Richins, Hurricane City, [e-mail]
Roberts, Southwest Utah Public Health Dept., [e-mail]. Paul Wright, P.E., DEQ Southwest District Office, [e-mail] Stayner, Utah Division of Water Resources,
[e-mail] Noble, P.G., Division of Drinking Water, [e-mail]
PWright 27007 19214 WS011 Drill PADivision of Drinking WaterChecklist for New Public Drinking Water Wells
(per Utah Administrative Code, Rule R309-515-6)
System Name:System Number:Well Name & Description:1.Approval to Drill the Well
☐Project Notification Form (PNF)
☐Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) concurrence
☐Well drilling specifications and plans
☐Valid Start Card or authorization to drill letter from the Division of Water Rights2.Approval to Equip the Well

☐PNF (if the well drilling and well equipping are designed by different consultants)
☐Well location data
☐Certification of well seal
☐Well driller’s report (well log)
☐Aquifer drawdown test results (step drawdown test & constant-rate test) for well yield determination
☐Chemical analyses of the well water
☐Plans and specifications for equipping the well
☐Pump information (e.g., pump specifications, pump curve & operating point, motor information, etc.)
☐Well head discharge piping
☐Well house design3.Operating Permit to Introduce the Well Water
☐Documentation of valid water right(s)
☐Recorded land use agreements, or documentation that the requirements for coverage under the City/County source protection ordinance have been met
☐Design engineer’s certification of conformance with plan approval conditions
☐Design engineer’s certification of rule conformance for any deviation from approved plans
☐As-built or record drawings
☐Evidence of O&M manual delivery to system owner
☐Satisfactory bacteriological results as evidence of proper flushing and disinfection