Category: Drinking Water Rules

Public Comment Period for R309-405 Open from February 1st to March 3rd, 2021

Rulemaking Updates on Proposed Revisions to R309-405. Administrative Penalty. At the January 12, 2021 Drinking Water Board meeting, the Board authorized the Division of Drinking Water to formally begin rulemaking on proposed revisions to R309-405. The proposed revisions incorporate changes made in 2020 to the Utah Safe Drinking Water Act by establishing procedures for issuing …

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Consumer and Public Notification: Lead and Copper Rule

Consumer Notification Requirements Consumer Notification Form Each time a lead and copper sample is taken the consumer must be notified of the results. This is accomplished by downloading the Consumer Notification Form, filling out the results portion, and delivering the results to the consumer. In the case of non-single family residence structure, such as a …

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Routine Sampling: Lead and Copper Rule

Lead and Copper samples must be collected and submitted to the Division 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 List of Labs Sampling Procedure Guidance …

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Sample Site Plan: Lead and Copper Rule

All community and non-transient non-community public water systems are required have and maintain an approved LCR Sample Site Plan. The Division 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 a portal account Follow the …

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Lead and Copper Rule

  WaterLink Lead-Free Schools Identifying Lead Pipes Utah Lead Coalition EPA Lead and Copper Rule Read Utah’s Lead and Copper Rule In 1991 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a regulation known as the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). The LCR established a requirement for public drinking water systems classified as either community or non-community …

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Drinking Water 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. Tier 1 Required for violations and situations with significant potential to have serious adverse effects on human health as a result of short-term exposure. …

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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: Cleanliness and suitability of the sample tap and sink, Potential for hot water to enter the sample through the tap, and Conditions that may have changed at the sample site since the last sample …

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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 …

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Bacteriologic Sampling and Public Notice

Bacteriologic Sampling: Utah Guidance Bacteriologic sampling information sheet. Utah guidance. Groundwater Rule (Bacteriological)—Triggered Monitoring A quick reference guide. Groundwater Rule (Bacteriological)—Triggered Monitoring Requirements The GWR triggered source monitoring requirements. Groundwater Rule (Bacteriological)—Notification Protocol Notification deadlines and requirements. Groundwater Rule (Bacteriological)—Notification Form For reporting a positive-coliform sample. Groundwater Rule (Bacteriological)—Small Entity Compliance Guide One of the …

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