Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R317 - Water Quality
Rule R317-100 - Utah State Project Priority System for the Utah Wastewater Project Assistance Program
Section R317-100-4 - Alpha Project Priority System

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 317-100-4

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

All projects receive the highest applicable designation only. Projects will be included in one of three categories: A. Underground Wastewater Disposal Systems; B. Non-Point Source Pollution Projects, and C. Point Source Pollution Projects. The projects shall be ranked in order of: 1. Public Health Protection; 2. Water Quality Improvement; 3. Potential for Improvement; and, in the case of point source pollution projects, 4. Future Needs. Funding will be allocated as identified in R317-101, Utah Wastewater Project Assistance Program and R317-102, Utah Wastewater State Revolving Fund (SRF) Program for the categories of projects identified below.

A. UNDERGROUND WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM PROJECTS:

1. Public Health Protection
a. Projects that improve or prevent a discharge of inadequately treated wastewater to an area of immediate public contact.

b. Projects that improve or prevent a discharge of inadequately treated wastewater within a zone of protection of a municipal or private drinking water well or that eliminate a drinking water impairment.

2. Water Quality Improvement
a. Projects that restore beneficial uses to surface water identified on the 303(d) Water Quality Impaired Waters list.

b. Projects that improve or prevent pollution to ground water.

3. Potential for Improvement
a. Projects that include improvement or replacement of underground wastewater disposal systems that may prevent degradation to surface water or ground water.

b. Projects that are necessary to comply with state or local underground wastewater disposal rules or regulations, e.g., existing systems that have inadequate ground water separation or are installed in unsuitable soil.

c. Projects that may improve underground wastewater disposal system reliability and function.

B. NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION PROJECTS:

1. Public Health Protection
a. Projects that improve or prevent a discharge of inadequately treated wastewater or other polluted water to an area of immediate public contact.

b. Projects that improve or prevent a discharge of inadequately treated wastewater or other polluted water within a zone of protection of a municipal or private drinking water well or that eliminate a drinking water impairment.

2. Water Quality Improvement
a. Projects that restore beneficial uses to surface water identified on the 303(d) Water Quality Impaired Waters list.

b. Projects that improve or prevent other surface water pollution.

c. Projects that improve or prevent ground water pollution.

3. Potential for Improvement
a. Projects that improve non-point sources of pollution from industrial, municipal, private or agricultural systems that may prevent degradation to surface water or ground water.

b. Projects that may prevent degradation to riparian areas, wetlands or that preserve the natural environment.

c. Projects that encourage conservation including wastewater reuse, biosolids reuse or new conservation technologies.

d. Projects that encourage Best Management Practices that may directly or indirectly improve or prevent degradation to surface water or ground water.

C. POINT SOURCE POLLUTION PROJECTS:

1. Public Health Protection
a. Projects that improve or prevent a discharge of inadequately treated wastewater to an area of immediate public contact.

b. Projects that improve or prevent a discharge of inadequately treated wastewater or storm water within a zone of protection of a municipal or private drinking water well or that eliminate a drinking water impairment.

2. Water Quality Improvement
a. Projects that restore beneficial uses to surface water identified on the 303(d) Water Quality Impaired Waters list.

b. Projects that improve or prevent other surface water pollution.

c. Projects that improve or prevent ground water pollution.

d. Projects necessary to achieve water quality standards more stringent than secondary treatment standards.

e. Projects needed to meet secondary treatment standards or that expand systems that are beyond 95 percent of the design capacity or that do not meet current design criteria.

3. Potential for Improvement
a. Projects that improve collection, treatment and disposal systems that may prevent degradation to a surface water or ground water aquifer.

b. Projects that may prevent degradation to riparian areas, wetlands or that preserve the natural environment.

c. Projects that encourage regionalization of treatment systems.

d. Projects that encourage conservation including wastewater reuse, biosolids reuse, or new conservation technologies

4. Future Needs. Projects that may have future needs for the construction, expansion or replacement of collection and treatment systems.

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