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Consulting Engineers and Groundwater Professionals
Designing Drinking Water Projects Engineering plans and specifications for public drinking water system projects must be prepared by a professional engineer licensed in Utah. Designing New Treatment Facilities When designing a new treatment facility for a client, the following information may help. Source Protection Plans and New Source Reviews Each well and spring serving a…
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Consumer Information About Drinking Water
Information about drinking water for consumers and citizens.
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Plan Review Program Related Links
Utah Division of Drinking Water (DDW) engineers review plans and specifications for public drinking water projects and issue operating permits for public water system facilities. Below plan review related links and resources. DDW acts as the administrative arm of the Utah Drinking Water Board. We implement rules that they adopt and are engaged in a…
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Hydraulic Modeling Requirements
Summary The Hydraulic Modeling Rule, R309-511, requires Community Water Systems and Non-Transient Non-community Water systems to use hydraulic modeling to assure that new public drinking water projects will meet minimum flow and pressure requirements and not adversely affect new and existing water users. A summary of the rule’s requirements is provided in Hydraulic Modeling Rule…
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Drinking Water Monitoring and Reporting Program
Water may be contaminated by a variety of substances. To protect public health, Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) have been established. The concentration of a particular contaminant in drinking water must not exceed it’s MCL. To assure that water served to the public is routinely checked for bacteriologic, chemical, and radiologic quality, a Drinking Water Monitoring…
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Consumer Confidence Report: Division of Drinking Water
All CCRs Due July 1 Every Year The Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) rule is part of the 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act. The rule requires every community water system to prepare and distribute an annual water quality report (CCR) to their customers to provide consumers with information on the quality of their…
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Water Suppliers: Division of Drinking Water
Other Resources The Division has a policy that allows chemical sampling for sources that combine at an entry point to the distribution system, and sources in a common aquifer. For a common entry point grouping, the policy states that in order to maintain the entry point status that systems must submit a sampling plan to…
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New Public Water Systems
New Public Water System Onboarding Complete the new Public Water System Information Form and submit it to the Division of Drinking Water. Constructing a New Industrial or Commercial Facility There are likely other environmental concerns besides the construction of a new water supply. You may need to address, for instance, industrial waste disposal. If it…
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Sanitary Surveys
What is a Sanitary Survey? All public drinking water systems are periodically inspected to assess their construction, operations, and record keeping. The inspections identify conditions that may present a sanitary or public health risk. Utah state regulations (R309-100-7) require that a sanitary survey be conducted at least every three years on all public water systems…
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Water Operator Tools & Resources
A collection of drinking water operator tools and resources. Do you have favorite tools or resources that are missing from the list? Please let us know. WaterLink.utah.gov Drinking Water’s database website is a very useful tool and provides a lot of value to water operators. Here are three main uses for operators: PlutoCalc App A…
