(1) The Director,
after considering information gathered during sanitary surveys and facility
evaluations, may make determinations of regulatory significance including:
monitoring reductions or increases, treatment, variances and
exemptions.
(2) CONDUCTING SANITARY
SURVEYS
(a) The Director shall ensure a
sanitary survey is conducted at least every three years on all public water
systems. The Director may reduce this frequency to once every five years based
on outstanding performance on prior sanitary surveys.
(b) Sanitary surveys conducted by the
following individuals under the circumstances as listed, may be used by the
Director for the above determinations:
(i)
Division of Drinking Water personnel;
(ii) Utah Department of Environmental Quality
District Engineers;
(iii) local
health officials;
(iv) Forest
Service engineers;
(v) Utah Rural
Water Association staff;
(vi)
consulting engineers; and
(vii)
other qualified individuals authorized in writing by the Director.
(3) Public water
systems must provide the Director, at the Director's request, any existing
information that will enable the State to conduct a sanitary survey.
(4) For the purposes of this subpart, a
'sanitary survey", as conducted by the Director, includes but is not limited
to, an onsite review of the water source(s) (identifying sources of
contamination by using results of source water assessments or other relevant
information where available), facilities, equipment, operation, maintenance,
and monitoring compliance of a public water system to evaluate the adequacy of
the system, its sources and operations and the distribution of safe drinking
water.
(5) The sanitary survey must
include an evaluation of the applicable components listed in paragraphs (5)(a)
through (h) of this section:
(a)
Source,
(b) Treatment,
(c) Distribution system,
(d) Finished water storage,
(e) Pumps, pump facilities, and
controls,
(f) Monitoring,
reporting, and data verification,
(g) System management and operation,
and
(h) Operator compliance with
State requirements.
(6)
CONDITIONS ON CONDUCT OF SANITARY SURVEYS
In order for the groups of individuals listed in
R309-100-7(2)(b)
to conduct sanitary surveys acceptable for consideration by the Director, the
following criteria must be met:
(a)
Surveys of all systems involving complete treatment plants must be performed by
Division of Drinking Water staff or others authorized in writing by the
Director;
(b) Local Health
officials may conduct surveys of systems within their respective
jurisdictions;
(c) U.S. Forest
Service (USFS) engineers may conduct surveys of water systems if the system is
owned and operated by the USFS or USFS concessionaires;
(d) Utah Rural Water Association staff may
conduct surveys of water systems if the system's population is less than
10,000;
(e) Consulting Engineers
under the direction of a Registered Professional Engineer;
(f) Other qualified individuals who are
authorized in writing by the Director may conduct surveys.
(7) SANITARY SURVEY REPORT CONTENT
The Director will prescribe the form and content of sanitary
survey reports and be empowered to reject all or part of unacceptable
reports.
(8) ACCESS TO
WATER FACILITIES
Department of Environmental Quality employees after
reasonable notice and presentation of credentials, may enter any part of a
public water system at reasonable times to inspect the facilities and water
quality records, conduct sanitary surveys, take samples and otherwise evaluate
compliance with Utah's drinking water rules. All others who have been
authorized by the Director to conduct sanitary surveys must have the permission
of the water system owner or designated representative before a sanitary survey
may be conducted.
