Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R309 - Drinking Water
Rule R309-600 - Source Protection: Drinking Water Source Protection for Ground-Water Sources
Section R309-600-3 - Implementation
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) New Ground-Water Sources - Each PWS shall submit a Preliminary Evaluation Report (PER) in accordance with R309-600-13(2) for each of its new ground-water sources to the Division of Drinking Water (DDW). A PWS shall not begin construction of a new source until the Director concurs with its PER.
(2) Existing Ground-Water Sources - Each PWS shall submit a Drinking Water Source Protection (DWSP) Plan in accordance with R309-600-7(1) for each of its existing ground-water sources to DDW according to the following schedule. Well fields or groups of springs may be considered to be a single source.
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TABLE 1 |
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Population Served By PWS: |
Percent Of Sources: |
DWSP Plans Due By: |
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Over 10,000 |
50% of wells |
December 31, 1995 |
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Over 10,000 |
100% of wells |
December 31, 1996 |
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3,300-10,000 |
100% of wells |
December 31, 1997 |
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Less than 3,300 |
100% of wells |
December 31, 1998 |
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Springs and other sources |
100% |
December 31, 1999 |
(3) DWSP for existing ground-water sources under the direct influence of surface water shall be accomplished through delineation of both the ground water and surface water contribution areas. The requirements of R309-600-7(1) apply to the ground water portion and the requirements of R309-605 apply to the surface water portion, except that the schedule for submitting these DWSP plans to DDW is based on the schedule in R309-605-3(1).
(4) PWSs shall maintain all land use agreements which were established under previous rules to protect their ground-water sources of drinking water from contamination.
