Category: Drinking Water Rules

  • 24 Hour Public Notice Requirements for Lead

    Starting October 16, 2024, water systems must issue a public notice within 24 hours of receiving their results if the 90th percentile lead concentration is .015 mg/L or higher, according to the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). Exceeding the action level for lead requires a Tier 1 public notification. New requirements for a lead…

  • Service Line Inventory & Replacement: Lead & Copper

    Back to Lead & Copper Home All community and non-transient non-community water systems are required to continue working on updating their service line inventory. Systems must submit a baseline inventory by Nov. 1, 2027. Systems with lead, galvanized requiring replacement, or unknown service lines must also submit a replacement plan by Nov. 1, 2027 and…

  • Forms: Lead and Copper Rule

    Find forms and templates pertaining to the Lead and Copper Rule for drinking water.

  • Consumer and Public Notification: Lead and Copper Rule

    Lead and Copper Rule consumer and public notification requirements, guidance, and forms. Still have questions? Contact the Utah Division of Drinking Water. CCR Requirement In the yearly Consumer Confidence Report every community system must report the total number of lead and copper samples taken, the most recent 90th percentile value for lead and copper, and…

  • Routine Sampling: Lead and Copper Rule

    Lead and Copper samples must be collected and submitted to the Utah Division of Drinking Water according to your system’s monitoring schedule and Sample Site Plan. Failure to submit samples will result in a violation and 50 IPS points added to the systems IPS total. How to Collect a Lead and Copper Sample Monitoring Schedules…

  • Sample Site Plan: Lead and Copper Rule

    All community and non-transient non-community public water systems are required to have and maintain an approved LCR Sample Site Plan. The Utah Division of Drinking Water has created an easy to use template that can be used and submitted through a WaterLink portal account. How to Create a LCR Sample Site Plan Step 1: Create…

  • Lead and Copper Sampling

    Back to Lead & Copper Home Lead and copper enter drinking water primarily through plumbing materials. Water systems are required to collect lead and copper samples at customer taps. If more than 10% of samples collected are above the limits for lead and copper set by the EPA, the system must undertake a number of…

  • Monitoring: DDW Rules

    Monitoring info about Drinking Water Rules.

  • Enforcement: DDW Rules

    Enforcement info for Drinking Water Rules.

  • Compliance: Division of Drinking Water

    Rules enforcement, monitoring, and compliance pages.

  • Drinking Water Public Notification Templates

    Drinking Water public notice requirements are divided into three tiers to take into account the seriousness of the violation or situation. These templates should be used by water suppliers as the situation warrants. All public notices must be reviewed and approved by the Division of Drinking Water prior to delivery. Tier 1 Required for violations…

  • RTCR Assessment Procedures

    Assessing Samples, Sampling Sites and Sampling Protocols Some of the common items that should be evaluated at the sample site(s) include: Assessing the Distribution System Area Near the Positive Samples A Level 1 assessment of the distribution system should include the collection and review of available data. The data to be reviewed includes operational data…

  • Monitoring Waivers: Drinking Water Monitoring and Reporting Program

    Reliably and Consistently Waiver The criteria for establishing a reliably and consistently waiver is set forth in R309-205. The criteria for use and susceptibility waivers follow. If a source’s DWSP plan is due according to the schedule in R309-600-3, and is not submitted to the Division of Drinking Water (DDW), its use and susceptibility waivers…

  • Bacteriologic Sampling and Public Notice

    Bacteriologic Sampling Utah Division of Drinking Water bacteriologic sampling guidance and procedures and public notice templates. Public Notification Templates Public notice requirements are divided into three tiers to take into account the seriousness of the violation or situation. These templates should be used by water suppliers as the situation warrants.

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