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Welcome to the Division of Drinking Water
Standard Reports now available online
The following reports are now available online for each water system:
- Water System Inventory Report
- Monitoring Schedule
- Improvement Priority System (IPS) Report
- Annual Bacti Summary
- Certified Operator Report
Before you can access these reports, you will need to login using your eMail address. Click here to create an account.
OpenLine newsletter available
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The Certified Water Operator Exam is now available online
- You must apply for the exam through the Rural Water Association of Utah
- Rural Water will arrange an exam date, time, location and proctor with you.
- See the flyer for details (Online Exam Available)
- Contact Vern Steel (Rural Water) at 801.756.5123 for more information
- Traditional Exams are still available (click here for dates)
Drinking Water information online
Information about drinking water facilities and source protection zones is available through the DEQ Interactive Map. The Interactive Map is great for water systems as they update their inventory of contamination sources. Besides the drinking water information the Interactive Map also includes underground storage tanks, CERCLA sites, and many other sites regulated by Utah DEQ. When you arrive at the Interactive Map website, you request access to the drinking water information by clicking on the green link in the left panel or on User Login in the upper right corner. Please contact Mark Jensen (801-536-4199) or Kate Johnson (801-536-4206) if you have questions about the DEQ Interactive Map.
Chlorine Dose Calculator
The Division staff has developed a tool for estimating chemical quantity needed to disinfect tanks and pipelines. This Chlorine Dose Calculator (xls) spreadsheet allows the users to enter concentration and type of chlorine disinfectant, target chlorine dose, and dimensions of tank or pipeline (up to 10 vessels). Please contact Ying-Ying Macauley (801-536-4188) for questions related to this spreadsheet.
Substantive Change to Rule R309-110-4 and R309-520
On March 3, 2011, the Drinking Water Board authorized the Division staff to refile the proposed rule changes to R309-110-4 (Definitions) and R309-520 (Disinfection Rule) with the modifications as a result of public comments, with the Division of Administrative Rules for publication in the April 1, 2011 Utah Bulletin. There was a new 30-day comment period, during which the Division did not receive any further comments. During the May 3, 2011, board meeting, the Drinking Water Board authorized the Division staff to proceed with final rule making. These rule changes are final and became effective, as of May 9, 2011. There is a Guidance document also available (UV Reactor Monitoring and Reporting Protocol)
Please contact Bob Hart at (801) 536-0054 if you have any questions regarding the new revised disinfection rule and the accompanying revisions to the definitions.
Potential Construction Projects in Utah
One of EPA's stated purposes for the federally funded State Revolving Fund (SRF) is to help water systems comply with the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The list of potential construction projects (updated 5/11/2012) is the Division's attempt to identify water systems that need construction projects to comply with the SDWA. This list is generated from two different sources of information in the Division's database: 1) those water systems that have significant physical deficiencies found during sanitary surveys and 2) those water systems that have a maximum contaminant level (MCL) violation.
By combining these two sources of information, this list attempts to show those drinking water systems which could benefit from a future project. As such, these systems could qualify to receive State or Federal SRF funding. The Division's hope in providing the list is to encourage drinking water systems appearing on the list to contact their engineering consultants to build a project, and for consultants to work with their clients to build a project. The intent of such projects is compliance with the SDWA.
If anyone wishes to know the details that caused a system to appear on the list, they should contact the Division of Drinking Water, and ask for an Improvement Priority System (IPS) report for the identified systems. The IPS report lists: 1) all of the physical deficiencies (both significant and insignificant), 2) all monitoring and quality violations and 3) reporting and procedural violations such as compliance with operator certification requirements and backflow protection requirements. It is envisioned that the IPS report will be the starting point for a more detailed investigation of all issues that could be resolved with a construction project.
After a more detailed evaluation, water systems and their consultants are encouraged to submit a funding application accessible from the Division's Construction Assistance web page.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
CEU data is now available from our website (updated weekly):
Links To Other Drinking Water Organizations
- Utah's Local Health Departments and DEQ District Engineers
- Other Utah State Water Agencies
- Related External Links
