Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R309 - Drinking Water
Rule R309-600 - Source Protection: Drinking Water Source Protection for GroundWater Sources
Section R309-600-7 - DWSP Plans
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 309-600-7
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Each PWS shall develop, submit, and implement a DWSP Plan for each of its groundwater sources of drinking water.
Required Sections for DWSP Plans - DWSP Plans should be developed in accordance with the "Standard Report Format for Existing Wells and Springs." This document may be obtained from DDW. DWSP Plans must include the following seven sections:
(a) DWSP
Delineation Report - A DWSP Delineation Report in accordance with Subsection
R309-600-9(6).
(b) Potential
Contamination Source Inventory and Assessment of Controls -- A Prioritized
Inventory of Potential Contamination Sources and an assessment of their
controls in accordance with Section R309-600-10.
(c) Management Program to Control Each
Preexisting Potential Contamination Source - A Management Program to Control
Each Preexisting Potential Contamination Source in accordance with Section
R309-600-11.
(d) Management Program
to Control or Prohibit Future Potential Contamination Sources - A Plan for
Controlling or Prohibiting Future Potential Contamination Sources. This must be
in accordance with Section R309-600-12, consistent with this rule, and
implemented to an extent allowed under the PWS's authority and
jurisdiction.
(e) Implementation
Schedule - Each PWS shall develop a step-by-step implementation schedule which
lists each of its proposed land management strategies with an implementation
date for each strategy.
(f)
Resource Evaluation - Each PWS shall assess the financial and other resources
which may be required for it to implement each of its DWSP Plans and determine
how these resources may be acquired.
(g) Recordkeeping - Each PWS shall document
changes in each of its DWSP Plans as they are continuously updated to show
current conditions in the protection zones and management areas. As a DWSP Plan
is executed, the PWS shall document any land management strategies that are
implemented. These documents may include any of the following: ordinances,
codes, permits, memoranda of understanding, public education programs, public
notifications, and so forth.
(2) DWSP Plan Administration - DWSP Plans shall be submitted, corrected, retained, implemented, updated, and revised according to the following:
(a) Submitting
DWSP Plans - Each PWS shall submit a DWSP Plan to DDW in accordance with the
schedule in Section R309-600-3 for each of its groundwater sources of drinking
water.
(b) Correcting Deficiencies
- Each PWS shall correct any deficiencies in a disapproved DWSP Plan and
resubmit it to DDW within 90 days of the disapproval date.
(c) Retaining DWSP Plans - Each PWS shall
keep on its premises a current copy of each of its DWSP Plans.
(d) Implementing DWSP Plans - Each PWS shall
begin implementing each of its DWSP Plans in accordance with its schedule in
Subsection R309-600-7(1)(e), within 180 days after submittal if they are not
disapproved by the Director.
(e)
Updating and Resubmitting DWSP Plans - Each PWS shall update its DWSP Plans as
often as necessary to ensure they show current conditions in the DWSP zones and
management areas. Updated plans also document the implementation of land
management strategies in the recordkeeping section. Copies of any ordinances,
codes, permits, memoranda of understanding, public education programs, bill
stuffers, newsletters, training session agendas, minutes of meetings, memoranda
for file. must be submitted with the recordkeeping section of updated plans.
DWSP Plans are initially due according to the schedule in Section R309-600-3.
Thereafter, updated DWSP Plans are due every six years from their original due
date. This applies even though a PWS may have been granted an extension beyond
the original due date.
(f) Revising
DWSP Plans - Each PWS shall submit a revised DWSP Plan to DDW within 180 days
after the reconstruction or redevelopment of any groundwater source of drinking
water which addresses changes in source construction, source development,
hydrogeology, delineation, potential contamination sources, and proposed land
management strategies.
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