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Show i!" " where We Drinking Wafer" Seminar Held in Moab Mar. 3 1st A seminar on the new safe drinking water act was held in : 'Moab on March 31, and Mo-; Mo-; ab's water system w as given ? an "OK" by officials conduct-::'ing conduct-::'ing the workshop. :' William E. Engle was here :: on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Environ-mental Protection Agency, Denver, and Gayle J. Smith represented the Utah Bureau J f Water Quality. - It was reported there are - some 40,000 communities in -fhe U.S. with water1 systems i-ttiat do not meet even mini-i mini-i mum standards for clean drinking water. Moab's sys-:item sys-:item does meet the standards, : "however, and there are no foreseeable problems in the : future with the system. There has been some ques-cition ques-cition regarding well grouting "requirements under the new x'act, which becomes effective i'June 24, 1977. These were discussed at the seminar, and it appeared rock formations at p:the location of the well in question, the Corbin Well, would preclude the necessity of grouting. An official request has gone in to the State Health Department Depart-ment for approval. The letter asks the department to "approve "ap-prove this well for culinary use along with the proposed 12" PVC water main which will deliver the water from the well. . .without having to grout the well at this time." The safe drinking water act, which was passed by ' Congress and signed into law in December 1974, authorizes the states to pass legislation to insure safe drinking water now and in the future. A bill in the Utah Legislature to enforce' the act did not pass, therefore, EPA will continue enforcement here for the next year or two, with state involvement in-volvement in testing, monitoring, monitor-ing, etc. Under the terms of the act a public water system is defined as 15 connections serving 25 people at least 60 days a year. |