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RWAU Summer 2008 Sanitary Surveys – What to Expect? Part 1 Chuck Jeffs, Compliance Technician T his article is designed to make you aware of what will be required when an individual from the Division of Drinking Water or representative from the local health department comes to your system to do a sanitary survey. Points will be given for any deficiencies and, if enough points are accumulated, the system can be rated non-approved. This survey is only part of the possible points a system may acquire. Any sampling errors, public notifications not provided, etc. can create points also. The amount of points a system can accumulate before being declared unapproved is dependent on the type of system. The following categories are the three different point classifications for the different system types: Community – 150 Points Non-Transient – 120 Points Transient – 100 Points However, just as a system can accumulate points by not complying, there are also ways to get points taken off the record. Here are a few items that will help systems get rid of unwanted penalty points: also send you a copy of the sanitary survey questions that will be covered during the survey. This gives you time to check out your system and prepare for the survey. Hopefully this information will help you in preparing for your next state survey. The following is another helpful tool that should help keep h l f l t l th t h ld h l k you in compliance all year long. Use the following guide once a year to conduct your own survey and make sure your system is doing all it can to stay in compliance. At the Office: Water System Information: • Name of public water system • Public Water System Verify, update or provide Number (PWS) missing information • Physical address • County Total System: • Design Water Production (MGD • Treatment Capacity Verify, update or provide (MGD) missing information • Actual average daily demand (MGD) • Actual peak daily demand (MGD) Source Capacity: 800 gallon per minute per equivalent residential connection plus outside watering Storage Capacity: 400 gallon per minute per equivalent residential connection plus outside watering Water rights: Approx. ½ acre foot per equivalent residential connection plus outside watering SDWA (Safe Drinking Water Act) classification of system: Number of residential connections Number of commercial Verify, update or provide and industrial connections missing information Number of other connections Residential Population Owner Type: Federal Local Mixed Native American Verify information Private State Government 17 The Connector Emergency response plan (Credit IPS points available) • Systems serving populations of 3300 or higher must have an ERP that has been updated with the last 3 years • Systems serving below 3300 population are given credit if they have an ERP. Operator Certification: • The certified operator is within 1 hour travel time of system—at all times. • The main certified operator is certified at the level required for the system classification: (NOTE: Credit IPS points are available if an operator is certified at a higher grade than required. Systems that are required to have a certified operator but do not are assigned deficiency points.) The following is a list of the certification level grade required for different systems. Surface Water Treatment Plant Classification Grade Population served 1 2 3 4 >15,000 25-1500 1501-5000 5001-15,000 Distribution System Classification Grade SS 1 2 3 5001Population 25-500 501-1500 1501-5000 15,000 served 4 >15,000 When your system is surveyed, the person conducting the survey is supposed to contact you to schedule the survey at least three weeks prior to conducting the survey. They should

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The Connector - Summer 2008 Contents President's Message Executive Director's Comments Letters From Readers Legislative Update Rural Water News The Basics Shannon Rasmussen Sanitary Surveys - What to Expect: Part 1 Chuck Jeffs Tank Cleaning 101 Terry Smith Where in Utah?

The Connector - Summer 2008

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