Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R309 - Drinking Water
Rule R309-800 - Capacity Development Program
Section R309-800-6 - Requirements for New Community and New Non-transient, Non-community Water Systems
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 309-800-6
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Each proposed, new water system must demonstrate that it has adequate technical, managerial, and financial capacity before it may provide water for human consumption. These water systems shall submit the following for Capacity Assessment Review.
(a) Project Notification form, available on
the Division's website.
(b) A
business plan, which includes a facilities plan, management plan, financial
plan, and an asset management plan.
(i)
Facilities plan. The facilities plan shall describe the scope of the water
services to be provided and shall include the following.
(A) A description of the nature and extent of
the area to be served and provisions for extending the water supply system to
include additional area. The description shall include population and land use
projections and forecasts of water usage.
(B) An assessment of current and expected
drinking water compliance based on monitoring data from the proposed water
source.
(C) A description of the
alternatives considered, including interconnections with other existing water
systems, and the reasons for selecting the method of providing water service.
This description shall include the technical, managerial, financial, and
operational reasons for the selected method.
(D) An engineering description of the
facilities to be constructed, including construction and future phases, and
plans for expansion. This description shall include an estimate of the full
cost of any required construction, operation, and
maintenance.
(ii)
Management plan. The management plan shall describe what is needed to provide
for effective management and operation of the system, and shall include the
following:
(A) Documentation that the water
system has the legal right and authority to take the measures necessary for the
construction, operation, and maintenance of the system. The documentation shall
include evidence of ownership.
(B)
An operating plan that describes the tasks to be performed in managing and
operating the system. The operating plan shall consist of administrative and
management organization charts, plans for staffing the system with certified
operators, and provisions for an operations and maintenance manual.
(C) Documentation of credentials of
management and operations personnel, cooperative agreements, or service
contracts including demonstration of compliance with Rule R309-300 water system
operator certification rule.
(iii) Financial plan. The financial plan
shall describe the water system's expected revenues, cash flow, and issuance
and repayment of debt for meeting the costs of construction, and the estimated
costs of operation and maintenance for at least five years from the date the
water system expects to begin operation.
(iv) Asset Management Plan. The asset
management plan shall include all the elements described in Subsection
R309-800-5(3).
(c) After the information required in this
section has been submitted by the water system and is deemed complete, the
Division shall conduct a Capacity Assessment Review. The water system shall be
notified in writing whether or not the new system has demonstrated adequate
capacity. No new community or non-transient, non-community system will be
approved if it lacks adequate capacity.
(d) Water systems constructed without
approval shall be subject to points as specified in Rule R309-400, and
administrative or civil penalties and fines.
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