Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R309 - Drinking Water
Rule R309-530 - Facility Design and Operation: Alternate Surface Water Treatment Methods
Section R309-530-4 - General
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 309-530-4
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Alternative Methods.
In addition to conventional surface water treatment, coagulation, sedimentation, and filtration as outlined in Rule R309-525, several alternative filtration methods may be suitable for treating surface water. They are direct filtration, slow sand filtration, membrane filtration, and diatomaceous earth filtration.
(2) Incorporation of Other Rules.
The following requirements are incorporated into Sections R309-530-5 through R309-530-9 for alternative surface water treatment methods.
(a) Plant Siting, Section
R309-525-6.
(b) Pre-design Submittal, Subsection
R309-515-5(2).
(c) Plant Reliability, Section
R309-525-7.
(d) Color Coding and Pipe Marking, Section
R309-525-8.
(e) Chemical Addition, Section
R309-525-11.
(f) Miscellaneous Plant Facilities, Section
R309-525-17,
including Subsection
R309-525-17(1),
Laboratory.
(g) Operation and
Maintenance Manuals, Section
R309-525-19.
(h) Safety, Section
R309-525-21.
(i) Disposal of Treatment Plant Waste,
Section
R309-525-23.
(j) Disinfection, Rule R309-520.
(3) Source Water Quality Data.
(a) A water supplier proposing to use
alternative filtration to treat surface water or groundwater under the direct
influence of surface water shall obtain sufficient source water quality data
to:
(i) determine the feasibility of
alternative filtration treatment;
(ii) identify substances that may affect the
alternative filtration process and finished water quality;
(iii) estimate productivity of the
alternative filtration process; and
(iv) determine if seasonal variation is
substantial enough to affect design.
(b) Source water quality data required by
Subsection R309-530-4(3) shall be collected no more than two years prior to the
date that plans and specifications for a treatment facility are submitted to
the division.
(c) The source water
quality data for alternative filtration shall include at least:
(i) one round of sampling for the
contaminants required for initial analysis by Subsection
R309-515-4(5);
and
(ii) four quarters of sampling
collected over a period of 12 months for:
(A)
alkalinity;
(B) pH;
(C) temperature;
(D) total organic carbon;
(E) total suspended solids;
(F) turbidity; and
(G) any additional parameter needed to design
the treatment facility as determined by consultation with the
division.
(d)
No later than the date that plans and specifications for an alternative
filtration facility are submitted to the division, a water supplier shall also
submit:
(i) a summary of source water quality
data used to design the facility; and
(ii) a description of how the source water
quality data address items (i) through (iv) of Subsection
R309-530-4(3)(a).
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