DDW-2025-010616

November 4, 2025
Sent via Email Only
Mayor Noreen Johnson
Bicknell Town
P.O. Box 96
Bicknell, Utah 84715
[e-mail]
Subject:Plan Approval, Bicknell Industrial Park - Phase 1;
Bicknell Town, System #28001, File #25319
Dear Mayor Noreen Johnson:The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) received the plans and specifications for the proposed Bicknell Industrial Park - Phase 1 project from the County’s
Engineering Consultant, Parker Vercimak with Jones & DeMille Engineering on September 19, 2025. Written review comments were provided to the consultant on September 23, 2025, and the
requested hydraulic analysis information was provided on November 3, 2025. This project has met the conditions for receiving plan approval.
Our understanding of the project is that Wayne County is developing an industrial park south of Bicknell Town along 350 East. Bicknell Town currently has a water line along 350 East,
but the construction of the Industrial Park requires that pipeline to be replaced and extended with 8-inch diameter piping. Approximately 2,300 feet of new 8-inch diameter PVC piping
will be installed, along with fire hydrants, isolation valving and 4 new services with water meters. This is Phase 1 of the project and will provide water to the first 4 lots. Phase
2 will install additional infrastructure to serve the remaining 11 lots for a total of 15 lots in the new industrial park. Bicknell Town’s engineer has provided a copy of the updated
hydraulic analysis showing the industrial park will have adequate pressure and fire flow.
We have completed our review of the plans and specifications, stamped and signed by Parker Cade Vercimak, P.E., dated September 18, 2025,and find they basically comply with the applicable
portions of Utah’s Administrative Rules for Public Drinking Water Systems in R309. On this basis, the plans for the Bicknell Industrial Park Phase-1 Projectare hereby approved.
This approval pertains to construction only. An Operating Permit must be obtained from the Director before the Bicknell Industrial Park water lines may be put in service. A checklist
outlining the items required for operating permit issuance is enclosed for your information.Approvals or permits from the local authority or the 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 equipment has not been ordered within one year of the date of this letter.
If you have any questions regarding this approval, please contact John Chartier, P.E., DEQ Central District Engineer, at [phone], or me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Michael Newberry, P.E.
Permitting and Engineering Support Manager
JLC/mrn/mdbEnclosures –Operating Permit Checklistcc:Eric Larsen, Central Utah Public Health, [e-mail] Parker Cade Vercimak P.E., Jones & DeMille Engineering, [e-mail]
Mayor Noreen Johnson, Bicknell Town, [e-mail] John Chartier, P.E., DEQ Central District Engineer, [e-mail] jchartier 28001 25319 PA
Utah Division of Drinking Water ― Checklist for Issuing Operating PermitsWater System Name:System Number: Project Description:File Number:
Items 1 through 8 below must be submitted to the Division and found to be acceptable prior to operating permit issuance (unless a water line project meets the requirements of R309-500-7
and is not required to obtain an Operating Permit).
Distribution lines (not including in-line booster pump stations) requiring Plan Approval may be placed into service prior to submitting all of the following items and receipt of Operating
Permit if the water system has received items 1 and 4 below.☐1.Certification of Rule Conformance by a professional engineer (P.E.) that all conditions of Plan Approval were accomplished,
and if applicable, changes made during construction were in conformance with rules R309-500 through 550☐2.As-built or record drawings incorporating all changes to approved plans and
specifications (unless no changes were made to the previously approved plans during construction)☐3.Confirmation that as-built or record drawings have been received by the water system☐4.Satisfactory
bacteriological samples as evidence of proper disinfection and flushing in accordance with the appropriate ANSI/AWWA standards:
☐ANSI/AWWA C651-14 AWWA Standard for Disinfecting Water MainsTwo consecutive sample sets at least 16 hours apart, none positive (e.g., every 1,200 feet, end-of-line, each branch)☐ANSI/AWWA
C652-11 AWWA Standard for Disinfection of Water-Storage FacilitiesOne or more samples, none positive☐ANSI/AWWA C653-13 AWWA Standard for Disinfection of Water Treatment PlantsTwo consecutive
samples per unit, none positive, no less than 30 minutes apart☐ANSI/AWWA C654-13 AWWA Standard for Disinfection of WellsTwo consecutive samples, none positive, no less than 30 minutes
apart☐5.Water quality data, where appropriate [For example, include raw and finished water data that demonstrate satisfactory performance of the treatment facility; sample should be
taken from a storage tank for residual volatile organic compounds after tank interior re-coating; etc.]☐6.If applicable, all other documentation that may have been required during the
plan review process☐7.If applicable, confirmation that the water system owner has received the O&M manual for the new facility☐8.If applicable, location data of new storage tank, treatment
facility, or source