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Show The Park Record Wednesday. November 15, 2000 Legal Notices. C-16 one. o. Source Capacity. Source capacity as used in this Ordinance means the water quantity requirements require-ments capable ol meeting peak daily demand or flow (in gpm) and average yearly flow (in acre-feet per year) requirements for a water system, from a State DDW approved source, factoring indoor and outdoor irrigation as well as snowmaking demands. de-mands. The calculations will be broken into zones, or sub-distncts for accounting ac-counting purposes within the system where multiple sources serve multiple or distinct (normally unconnected) uncon-nected) service areas. This definition applies to all groundwater ground-water sources (including wells, springs. Or tunnels), as well as treated and untreated un-treated surface water sources For purposes of this Ordinance this definition defini-tion also extends to system sys-tem infrastructure capacity capaci-ty or the capacity of the pipelines, pumping and treating facilities, storage tanks and other related facilities fa-cilities to deliver the required re-quired source capacity to the end customer service connection or meter. A water supplier should store a minimum of an average day flow, but in no wise shall storage be less than State Division of Dnnkmg Water regulations regula-tions p State Division of Drinking Water or DDW The State of Utah Department Depart-ment of Environmental Quality. Division of Dnnkmg Dnnk-mg Water. Alt water calculations calcu-lations must meet the minimum min-imum standards set forth in the current DDW rules and regulations and this Ordinance The State DDW rules do allow for modifications to the requirement re-quirement for outside use of water in areas that can be proven, with County documentation (such as restrictive covenants) that outside watering is restricted re-stricted or prohibitedq. Water Avai ability and Concurrency Letter (Water (Wa-ter Letter). A letter issued by a water supplier on a standard County issued form to the customer or owner, as well as the County, permanently committing com-mitting a portion of the water system and source capacity to a particular project or development. These letters cannot be issued unless the water supplier has the CURRENT CUR-RENT ability to deliver real re-al wet water (meeting all -current State and County regulations as of issue date) to the customer or owner at ANY future date that the fetter is submitted to the County for a building build-ing permit The Water Availability and Concurrency Concur-rency Letter is not to be confused with any type of water shares, or "willing to serve ' letters, that do not meet the requirements of a Water Letter under this Ordinance, r. Water Sup-EilfiT Sup-EilfiT Any public or pnvate water systems, including special service or improvement im-provement type districts of the County, whether servicing serv-icing wholesale or retail water customers, including includ-ing areas served by municipalities mu-nicipalities outside of their corporate boundanes Private Pri-vate or Public as used in this Ordinance means profit and non-profit systems, sys-tems, including alt mutual water systems or public systems of any nature with any amount of con-nectKjns con-nectKjns Weber Basin Water Conservancy District Dis-trict is exempt from regulation regu-lation by this ordinance, however, its customers are not (2) Restnctipns on alL-y&diyiS!on piat and. Site Plan Approvals. No new applications for any Subdrvision Plat or Site Plan Approvals of any type, as well as all Specially Spe-cially Planned Areas (SPAs) applications, whether initial or future phases of the same, as defined in the applicable Development Code(s) of the County or applicable development and consent agreements, Shalt receive fmal approval by the respective re-spective Planning Commission Com-mission andor the Board of County Commissioners without the relevant water supplier first presenting to the County, in an acceptable accepta-ble form: a. Two (2) cotes of a Water Supply Concurrency Con-currency Assessment Study and Program (as may be updated to reflect the addition of new sources sour-ces or the deletions of unused un-used sources), performed by a qualified Hydrogeolo-gist Hydrogeolo-gist andor Groundwater Engineenng Consultant, or other qualified professional profes-sional pre-approved by the Concurrency Officer, following the basic criteria established in this Ordinance Ordi-nance and concurred therewith by the County's Concurrency Officer, related relat-ed staff, consuftant(s) andof contractors) as may be established. b. A "willing to serve'' letter of commitment or agreement from the water supplier issued is-sued to the developer stating that: i. The projec-towner projec-towner or developer has certified to the water supplier sup-plier that they will comply ' with the water suppliers rules and regulations. That the water supplier has entered into an agreement agree-ment with the owner or developer assuring that the proposed project will provide the necessary financial fi-nancial guarantees to insure in-sure that water source(s) and supply infrastructure can be constructed or improved im-proved in a timely manner, man-ner, concurrent with the demands of development that will satisfy the regulations regula-tions contained in this ordinance, or-dinance, in That the waer supplier will comply with any internal rules and regulations reg-ulations as well as State DDW rules and regulations, regula-tions, rv That any new w ter infrastructure necessitated necessi-tated by the development has been or will be approved ap-proved by the State DDW prior to water infrastructure infrastruc-ture construction, v. That the water supplier and developer de-veloper will comply with all Summit County Health Department rules and regulations reg-ulations applicable to the water supply of said projects): proj-ects): vi. That the water supplier and developer intends in-tends to fully comply with this Concurrency Ordinance, Ordi-nance, recognizing that valid Water Letters must be received by the County, property recorded, record-ed, concurred therewith, and approved prior to building permit issuance for the related project or development, c. A plat note shall be required setting set-ting forth the requirement that a Water Letter, pursuant pur-suant to this Ordinance shall be required prior to issuance of a building permit per-mit by the County (3) Restrictions Re-strictions on all Bu'idmg Permits and Water Letters. Let-ters. No new building permits per-mits will be issued without a Water Letter presented to the County and issued from the water supplier providing service to the lot. development, or project proj-ect on a current revised standard form provided by the County. If the relevant water supplier has not completed an approved concurrency assessment as per this Ordinance, then a building permit shall not be issued to the applicant. The water suppler, sup-pler, immediately upon issuance is-suance must send a copy of the sequentially numbered num-bered Water Letter to the County at the prepnnted address on the letter and deduct the owners' or developers' de-velopers' project demand from their surplus as recognized rec-ognized by the Concurrency Concur-rency Officer andor the Board of County Commissioners. Commis-sioners. The owner or developer de-veloper s letter will be matched to the reserved pre-issued copy when presented to the County tor a budding permit. All water supplier issued Water Wa-ter Letters must be accounted ac-counted for and copies filed immediately with the County - even cancelled letters. Failure to timely (within 7 days) We a copy of the issued Water Letter by the water supplier may result in non-approval or cancellation of the Water Letter by the County Each Water Letter shall account for the full demands de-mands of the proiect or development requinng a building permit and shall not be issued in any partial parti-al project allocations Similarly, Sim-ilarly, multiple building permits shall not be combined com-bined on one Water Letter Let-ter This Wa'er Letter shaH include, among other items, the following information: infor-mation: a A Water Letter sequential numbering reference, ref-erence, b A propertyTot description and current ownership information, including in-cluding mailing address and phone information, including in-cluding any other information informa-tion necessary for proper recordation of the letter with the County Recorders' Record-ers' Office, c. The current water system name. type, of classification, d The , water system zone or sub-distnct sub-distnct served by this project, proj-ect, if applicable, e. Approval Ap-proval status by the State DDW (including any corrective cor-rective actions), f. A certification cer-tification of State DDW regulations compliance and that the available source capacity s m fad connected to the system infrastructure and deliver-able deliver-able to the end user, g. Reference to the most recent re-cent concurrency study completed, h. Beginning balance of the water system sys-tem zone andor sub-dis-tnct source capacity in gpm and the current source capacity demands serviced thereby (current users, and previously issued is-sued Water Letter com mitments), i. State DOW approved system source capacity additions (improvements) (im-provements) or depletions (deductions) in gpm since the last concurrency study or water letter as concurred concur-red to and approved by the County, (including documentation if needed), j. Currently applied for project source capacity demands in gpm and ERC's, including current ERC definition for the water wa-ter supplier, k. Ending balance bal-ance of source capacity remaining after project approval ap-proval (this figure must be earned over to the next sequential water letter beginning be-ginning balance), and I. County Health Department Depart-ment review with approvalcertification, appro-valcertification, m. County Concurrence review with approval certification, n. County Recording with property data and reference refer-ence numbers, o. County Building Permit final approval ap-proval certification, & Other Oth-er information as the County deems appropriate appropri-ate to better implement and. insure compliance with this Ordinance (4) Building PrmiiApfirovals v.a the Concurrency Proc-ess. Proc-ess. The basic ten (10) step concurrency process and procedures for approvals appro-vals of building permits (apart from other existing building permit procedures proce-dures currently in force by the County) are summarized summar-ized as follows: a. Apji; cation. An application and fee is submitted to the County to begin the Concurrency Con-currency Assessment and re-assessment process, b Water Supply Concurrency Concurren-cy Assessment. The water supplier submits a water supply concurrency assessment as-sessment (with any source re-rating data) to the County for approval as per this Ordinance, c. Source Capacity Approval and Allocation. Upon approval ap-proval by the County, the water supplier is granted source capacity by the County to draw on for development de-velopment This source capacity is accounted for through the issuance of Water Letters issued by the water supplier to developers de-velopers or building per-mitees, per-mitees, d Water Letter issuance is-suance The water supplier suppli-er issues a Water Letter to Summit County, in the name of the building per-mitee(s) per-mitee(s) (owner or customer) cus-tomer) requesting service by the water supplier. The Water Letter accounts for the project demands and certifies compliance with this Ordinance A copy is given to the owner or customer, cus-tomer, and the water supplier sup-plier keeps a copy. The onginal is sent to the County within 7 days. e. Qansmspw , Approval The County then reviews the onginal Water Letter for compliance with this Ordinance and checks the calculations for accuracy and procedure The County Coun-ty may then concur with the Water Letter and associated as-sociated calculations or reject it. If rejected, the letter is sent back to the owner or customer and water supplier. If concurred concur-red with, the letter is copied cop-ied and the data entered into the County water database. da-tabase. For purposes of building permit issuance, this Water Letter shall be valid for a period not to exceed one (1) year. f. Recording. After concurrency concur-rency approval, the County Coun-ty then delivers the letter to the County Recorder, which is then recorded against the title to the property to be served The recorded original is then sent to the customer or owner, g. bMtfi. JDepal-ment JDepal-ment Approval When the apnlicant or owner desires a building permit, me recorded re-corded onginal letter is submitted to the County Hearth Department tor approval, ap-proval, to insure compliance compli-ance with any Department regulations a! the time tL Pjanmng.?yMnifpri. ment Approval- The Health Department approved ap-proved tetter is then submitted sub-mitted to the County pian-nmgbutkiing pian-nmgbutkiing department for processing with the building permit as per current cur-rent regulations i. Rejat jng. The water supplier or County may request physical phys-ical re-rating or testing of sources after the initial assessment as-sessment as condrtions warrant and sources are added or deleted. This step may be repeated as often as is needed to arrive ar-rive at reliable data, j, A jysirr-e-'s Depending on actual demand and usage conditions, and as sources sour-ces are re-rated, added, or deleted, adjustments wifl be made to the source capacity numbers in the water letters. Adjustments can only be made by written writ-ten authorization of the County Concurrency Officer. Offi-cer. (5) WajfitJSufij& Concvrre,KyAssessr,"?ni CiSenji5jLlMi& agfi This assessment involves in-volves a complete re-eval-uation and physical re-rating of system source capacities ca-pacities serving the public through flow and or pump testing All costs associated associat-ed with this program will be borne by each water system and said costs as may be passed through by the water supplier to the new development. The scope of work and assessment cntena may be enlarged or expanded as needed on a case-by-case basis, and as recommended recom-mended to the County by the County Concurrency Officer staff and consul-tant(s). consul-tant(s). The purpose of the study is to provide to the County accurate data that will be used to update the carrying or design capacity ca-pacity of a water system. In no case shall a source capacity enlargement from the current State of Utah DDW rating be granted without the State DDW granting the revised or proposed enlaigement first. Detailed program protocol, formats, and guidelines tor the study may be provided by the County, however, the concurrency con-currency study will contain at a minimum the following follow-ing elements: a. Application Applica-tion and Fee. A completed application to begin the concurrency process shal! be filed with the County by the water supplier The application shall include a deposit of five hundred (500) dollars per water supplier source to cover Courty inspection and review re-view costs If the fee exceeds ex-ceeds the deposit amount, the applicant will be liable for the actual inspection and review costs as well as any applicant requested request-ed peer review costs. Each future concurrency study amendment or source re-test or re-ratmg to the study will require a new application and source fee submitted by the water supplier. Each source that request a re-rating re-rating or test will require the same deposit of five hundred (500) dollars per source. Failure to pay all applicable fees wiH result in rejection of the re-rating data by the County b Sj&rceQata and System Protection Inventory. The concurrency study shall include at a minimum, the following- i. A detailed and comprehensive initial inventory in-ventory of the water system sys-tem and source capacity, including current, and projected pro-jected build out defined by subdivision development and commercial establishments establish-ments converted into equivalent residential connections con-nections (ERCs), peak day source flow m gpm. and average annual demands de-mands in acre-feet per year, with all calculations showing indoor and outdoor out-door irngation or snow-making snow-making uses. All calculations calcula-tions wiH use State of Utah DDW cntena and will include the addition of the drought reserve, conservation conser-vation reserve, and emergency emer-gency reserve, as specified speci-fied in this Ordinance, ii. Current water source data tor each water source, including in-cluding water nght numbers num-bers or purchase contracts, con-tracts, source descnption of location, types of sour-, ces. approved pants of use and diversion, current State source capacity ratings, rat-ings, dnlimg togs, and aquifer location in reference refer-ence to any groundwater compartments that may be identified by the Utah Geological Survey, iii. An inventory of allreserved outstanding Water Letter commitments showing lot descriptions, quantities reserved, re-served, etc. iv. AH irrigated land, calculated in acres currently being served per system zone or sub-district as wed as future committed com-mitted source irngation demands, v. All current and future snowmaking commitments per system or sub-distnct, showing demands and system or source impacts, w. Historical His-torical water usage figures for each source, zone, and sub-district and the entire system combined, including acre-feet used per year, average and peak day gpm of each source as well as average and peak day gpm and gpd of the system as a whole Seasonal trends shaH be shown as wen. vm. Weft current and historical draw down figures as well as histoocal pump or delivery de-livery volumes, 'jn femes or duty cycle calculations. Seasonal trends shad be shown as well. vw. Peak day system pressures at the sources and at key locations lo-cations throughout the distribution system Include In-clude pertinent data from any water system models if available, ix Storage systemfsl capacity and degn. showing all ftr. additional emergency, and equalization storage com ponents, including zones or sub-distnct areas serviced serv-iced by each reservoir x. Any rating standards that the system has adopted that are stricter than State DDW regulations (in this case, these will control ratings), xi. Source treatment treat-ment methods and information infor-mation if applicable xii. Current analytical lests. including biological, chemical chem-ical (inorganic and organic), organ-ic), radiological, and source age dating (if available), avail-able), xiii. Important correspondence corre-spondence from the State DDW and Division of Water Wa-ter Rights (State Engineer), Engi-neer), including compliance compli-ance notifications, warnings, warn-ings, actions, and any exemption ex-emption or vanances issued is-sued or applied for. xiv The most recent State DDW system status report printout with a testing summary for each source, as well as any self-assessment and health department de-partment sanitary surveys if available, xv. Well reports, re-ports, source protection plans, well or source interference inter-ference studies, preliminary prelimina-ry evaluation reports, and other relevant source capacity ca-pacity studies xvi. Future source and system capital improvement plans and capacities including status and timing xvii. Any water audits andor water lossleak studies or sum-manes, sum-manes, xviii. A copy of the most recently adopted water wa-ter conservation plan, if completed, xix. A qualification qualifi-cation statement of the author(s). xx. Other information infor-mation as the County Concurrency Officer, staff or consultant may request, re-quest, c. Source Assessment Assess-ment ,,andj;aa.ci?y-IesL-mg. Core to the success of the study is the physical water source tests. These tests require planning and scheduling to correspond to seasonal demands and recharge patterns to achieve ach-ieve the best relevant or usable data as directed by the County and its consultant. consul-tant. All tests need to be coordinated with the County m advance to assure as-sure inspection and venfi-cation. venfi-cation. The testing protocol proto-col wilt foiiow standards used m the water well industry in-dustry such as those outlined out-lined jn,'Grouj3dw.ajgrnJ Wells", 2nd edition, published pub-lished by U.S. Filtration. The tests shall include the following: i. Well Step-Drawdown Step-Drawdown Testing. This testing is used to select pumping and flow rates for constant rale tests, evaluate the efficiency of the well, and provide a base line data for the well to evaluate potential future fu-ture changes in well efficiency effi-ciency i. Constant-Discharge Prawdwnang: Recovery Testing. Based on the results of the step test, this test is used to provide a long-term pumping pump-ing rate for each well. Other Oth-er well and sources in the area may require monitoring monitor-ing dunng tnese tests to indicate possible connections, connec-tions, d. Yearly Penodic Testing and Monitonng. The concurrency program is designed to be more than a single study; it wiH be dynamic and may be updated seasonally at the County's discretion. This program will insure that tho water system personnel person-nel can test the water source easily and on demand. de-mand. A standardized record re-cord keeping system will be developed by the water supplier for future periodic monitonng and records will be made available upon State or County request. re-quest. Tests may involve flow metenng, static well level measurements and well shut-in pressure esrt. well draw down tests, flow rates, and total production volumes, etc, This data will be used to plot long term well performance per-formance trends and used (o update me concurrency assessments. A special water quality program may be initiated lor future monitonng on a regular bans for items such as specific conductance, TDS. turbtdtty. major cations cati-ons anions , microscopic particulate analysis (MPA). and tritium age dating These parameters may signal the need tor a future re-evaiua'.ion or indicate in-dicate aquifer deterioration, deteriora-tion, damage or surface water influence, e Be: melfLJdoMojEa. Some water sources that may be evaluated as sensitive or vulnerable may need continual con-tinual monitonng by the water supplier's system telemetry (with data supplied sup-plied to the County) and-or a possible future County feiemetry program connection (if the supplier has no system) The monitored parameters could include constant pressures, weft drawdown values and pumping rates. Sprmgs, tunnels, and other oth-er sources would involve Iota! source Row rates and diversion rates. Some simple water quality parameters pa-rameters may also be monitored, such as turbidity turbid-ity and conductivity, f. Current and future commitments. com-mitments. The analysis shall specify all current, and future Water Letter or other development (non-letter) (non-letter) source capacity commitments or contracts, including "willing to serve letters" summanzed each year from present to five (5) years future from the date ol the analysis. A water wa-ter system capital improvement im-provement plan should also al-so be included, demonstrating demon-strating the ability to service serv-ice the future commitments commit-ments safety and concurrently. concur-rently. The final source capacity determinations must account for or factor all commitments within this five (5) year window g Sgujce Capacay JBg: Yjw This analysis wiH utilize uti-lize the base and collected collect-ed testing data above to develop a new source capacity ca-pacity rating for the source(s) and system(s). This new figure will be used by the County to determine de-termine rf sufficient water source capacity is available availa-ble and if infrastructure improvements are warranted war-ranted before development develop-ment approvals and building build-ing permit issuance Alt current development and building permit approvals must be based on existing infrastructure and water source capacity available at the time of application or water letter issuance. Mo development approvals appro-vals or building permits will be issued if the infrastructure infra-structure and water source capacity is not in place and operating as per State DDW or County approvals at the time of building permit application or water letter issuance, h. Source Management Poii-Cy. Poii-Cy. A new source management man-agement policy statement for each evaluated system and zone or sub-distnct will be developed to help system managers and operators op-erators utilize the newly evaluated source s) in a more safe reliable, and efficient manner This plan may specify better usage patterns and operational charactenstics including regular, seasonal, or scheduled offloading of some sources to prevent over utilization or damage within a specific aquifer svstem or groundwater compartment The plan wilt be designed as a preventative pre-ventative tool to local management, with the hopes of extending the sale use. yield, quality, and value of the newly evaluated water sources (6) PjojfflhjLBeejyjB. All source capacity determinations determi-nations arrived at through the concurrency assess-ment(s), assess-ment(s), including re-testing, or re-rating of sources will carry a maximum of fifteen (15) percent base drought source capacity reserve that cannot oe used for issuance ol any development commitment or water availability and concurrency letters. This base drought reserve' may be decreased fifteen (15) percent by the Concurrency Concurren-cy Officer if water source data and testing indicates that the source lias a sustainable sus-tainable storage capacity with minor seasonal variations varia-tions indicating low vulnerability vulner-ability to short and long-term long-term drought. Additional standards may be recommended recom-mended by the Water Concurrency Advisory Board. (7) ByaJijajiQQ Any source or system evaluated in this program will be re-evaluated at seasonal intervals or as deemed necessary in the County's discretion A" aquifers or groundwater compartments are unpredictable unpre-dictable and seasonal updating up-dating of the concurrency study or data may be necessary, nec-essary, in no case shaH any concurrency study remain re-main m effect for more than five (5) years without a complete re-evaluaton and re -testing regimen if water letters are still being issued. The re -evaluation or update involves the physical source re-teshng regimen for aH sources. Other factors that may tngger a re-evaluation, amendment or update of the most recent concurrency concur-rency study are a. County request, based on reported report-ed service problems, b. Planned or unplanned source capacity reductions, reduc-tions, c. long-term drought conditions or trends, d. Water quality degradation or age dating fluctuations, t When the balance of unused (not reserved) re-served) source capacity as determined by If most recent source capacity ca-pacity review study equals five (5) percent or less of the total system source capacity t If the initial or updated studyts) demonstrates demon-strates an unused or re served source capacity ol fifteen (15) percent or less, then the study will be updated on a seasonal basis, g. When a new source is added to the system (all sources retest-ed retest-ed for possible groundwater groundwa-ter connections) (8) &t djts.. The County reserves the nght to audit the water supplier s internal and external ex-ternal files pertinent to comptying with this Ordinance. Ordi-nance. The water supplier will provide access to any and all related files and documents within seven (7) days of written request by the County Access will be provided to the County, or it's designated agentfs). Failure to allow such access shall result in the County not honoring the water supplier's outstanding out-standing Water Letters (9! State Mmym The State DDW and the State Engineer s office may be supplied with a copy of the Source Concurrency Assessment Study for review re-view and may be asked to comment or concur with the final findings of the study County review and acceptance may be withheld with-held until State approval is granted. 00) Results and Utilization The results of the Source Concurrency Assessment Study will be used to develop a new source capacity rating for the system as well as a new safe development capacity ca-pacity for the effected system sys-tem service area(s). The source capacity rating of each water system would be compared with the current cur-rent demands and applied for number of connections to determine if sufficient water is safely, reliably and legally, available ft a deficit condition in source to user capacity ex sts as determined by the assessment, assess-ment, all buiWmg permits or plat applications wiH be placed on hold until the water system source(s) and any related inadequate inade-quate delivery system component is brought up to State and County standards. Use restrictions restric-tions and conservation measures may be required re-quired on existing users until the necessary improvements im-provements are completed. complet-ed. (11) Standards. The concurrency study and aH amendments thereto shall comply with this Ordinance Ordi-nance and other County standards as may be developed de-veloped or amended from time to time Information pertinent to developing a usable and conclusive study shaH be added to the bas standards listed herein if requested by the County. (12) CjjnseryJL-t'pn CjjnseryJL-t'pn Plans To enhance the viability of this concurrency concur-rency program and to protect pro-tect the surface water quality of the County, aH water systems that are required re-quired to perform the assessment as-sessment as per this Ordinance, Ordi-nance, shaft present to the County a comprehensive water conservation plan within one (1) year from the adoption of this Ordinance Ordi-nance and demonstrate that the plan has been implemented im-plemented by the water supplier. The plan and implementation im-plementation program shall be concurred by the County. The plan may be developed jointly with the County systems Of other systems if desired, to improve im-prove effectiveness and save costs and resources. The plan, at a minimum shall study or include an educational element, water wa-ter saving landscaping or conservation designs, a rate structure that penalizes penaliz-es water abusers and rewards re-wards conserves, impact fees and base rates allocated allo-cated oj calculated on irrigated irri-gated acreage and gpm peak demands, and shall study possible wastewater re-use. All new developments develop-ments seeking piat approval appro-val or development agreements agree-ments from the County shall show conformance to the adopted and implemented imple-mented water supplier conservation plan before approval(s). If water supplier sup-plier conservation plan is not submitted within the required time penod, the total available source capacity ca-pacity of the reievanf system sys-tem and related, zones or sub-districts shafl be reduced re-duced by fifteen (15) percent per-cent (in addition to the base drought reserve), thus reducing reserved or future source capacity availability and allocations by as much as thirty (30) percent If this additional fifteen (15) percent is imposed, im-posed, this expanded drought reserve is referred refer-red lo as the "conservation "conserva-tion reserve". (13) Sanaa Lssj. Water suppliers am encouraged io have soma excess or emergency source capadty reserved and unused m muitiplt sources if possible. R a water supplier depends heavily on one source that serves a very targe number num-ber or percentage of customers cus-tomers exclusively, or the system water audit demonstrates dem-onstrates a targe amount of unaccounted for water from leaks and other losses, loss-es, the County Concurrency Concurren-cy Officer is authonzed to increase the drought reserve re-serve by an additional factor fac-tor to accommodate a prudent pru-dent margin of safety This reserve, if used is referred re-ferred to as the emergency emergen-cy reserve H the system already accounts tor an emergency reserve m their norma! operation this amount must be added add-ed to the base drought reserve re-serve All reserves (base drought, conservation, and emergency) are cumulative, cu-mulative, not concurrent i ' 1 ) System .-Capacity., or Viajjftty Development Capacity or viability development devel-opment as used in this context refers to a water supplier's managerial, technical, and financial ability to meet Slate of Utah DDW rules and reg-ulalions reg-ulalions tor system compliance com-pliance or approval In other words, it is a measure meas-ure of a system's abil'y to deliver safe and reliable water to its customers A systems operation capacity capaci-ty or viability can dimmish as State and Federal regulations reg-ulations increase. Viability problems are typically as-scoaled as-scoaled with smaller, under un-der funded systems It a water supplier has major State DDW or County Health Department compliance com-pliance or violation issues that may jeopardize the health and safety of the public, the County Concurrency Con-currency officer is authorized author-ized by tins section to withhold concurrency approval ap-proval for any and aH projects proj-ects requesting concurrency concur-rency until the defect or violation vi-olation is remedied to the satisfaction of both the concurrency offcer and the County Health Department. Depart-ment. Summit County is committed to sie a water systems succeed and provide pro-vide a safe and reliable service in the County. If a water supplier has viability and compliance issuer that affect the issuance of building permits. Summit County can assist the system sys-tem with one or more of the following possible remedies, but only at the water supplier's request a The Summit County Hearth Department andor the Board of Commissioners Commission-ers can offer technical and quality testing assistance and advice, as wed as guidance and assistance with application preparation prepara-tion for State or Federal funding sources such as i. State Division of Drinking Drink-ing Water State Division of Water Resources m Community Impact Board iv. Community Development Develop-ment Block Grants (HUD) v. Rural Development (USOA) b. The County and water supplier can request re-quest help from local associations, as-sociations, such as me Utah Rural Water Association. Associ-ation. These associations offer extensive help with compliance issues, training train-ing and technical assistance, assis-tance, understanding regulations, reg-ulations, state operator certification framing and testing, etc c The County can assist of facilitate the discussion between adjoining ad-joining or local small water systems to consider fcmH operation agreements whether short-term of long-term. Regionalization can be studied as wen. By combining the resources of one more system, vk atirtty can be increased at a savings to customers. d. The County may help the system by allowing Mountain Regional Water Special Service District (a District governed by the Board of County rmmis-soners rmmis-soners and designed to assist systems through re-gtonahzation re-gtonahzation efforts at the system's request) to consult con-sult or offer some technical techni-cal assistance to the system sys-tem on a short-term or long-term bas. . The County may develop other programs m the future to help the sma water suppliers sup-pliers in the County to succeed and remain viable. via-ble. (15) (Meles, AS water suppker sources shal be metered as per State standards to insure compliance com-pliance and testability as per this Ordinance, tt sources are not metered, the County may withhold approval of that source in the concurrency assessments. assess-ments. All users, including commercial, industnal. recreational, and residential residen-tial customers shall be metered in all new developments. devel-opments. Existing users that lack meters are "grand fathered under Bus Ordinance untt there is a change of ownershp or a re-model buAfing permit per-mit issued:. (16) gmag SyjtsmiLJwwfensents Pubfec or private water systems with less than 15 connections and more than one connection may have certain elements or requirements of this testing test-ing and assessment program pro-gram waived or reduced, including any fees contained con-tained herein by the County on a case by case basis. (17) fejcJtyicJuaLSyS: teTJLfiejjaysments. New individual or single residential resi-dential systems served by one wen or water source may apply for review by the County concurrency ofcer for a one hundred dollar (100 00) fee The review wiH include water rights documentation, a well drillers log, a controlled, control-led, constant rate pumping pump-ing test lastmg two hours n duration, and a water quality analysis ol the chemical constituents in the well water, including nitrates A bnef report by the Concurrency OSer and approval by the Health Department is ail that is required for submission sub-mission to the County building department for building permit approval under this Ordinance (18) f ees Ahy 'ees pertaining to this Ordinance remaining remain-ing unpaid by the water supplier tor a period of 30 days, whether owing to the County or any of its agents or consultants, w result in all active and unapproved un-approved water availability availabili-ty and concurrency letters bemg treated as ved by the County tor purposes of development approvjis, to include building permits per-mits 1 9 Access . 33 Scheduling. Any krmts to access of data, facilities, or equipment by County officials or agents s) needed need-ed to comply with this Ordinance, Or-dinance, as wen as failure to comply with an approved ap-proved testing or re-rating schedule or regimen wit result in ad tctive and unapproved un-approved water availability availabili-ty and concurrency letters bemg treated as void by the County for purposes of development approvals, to include building permits per-mits (20) Vjns'caiAaA.-calm Vjns'caiAaA.-calm This Ordinance has no jurtsdcton within the corporate limits of any City or Town within Summit Sum-mit County It does however, how-ever, apply to any residence, resi-dence, project, or development devel-opment outside of municipal mu-nicipal boundary that receives re-ceives or win receive water wa-ter services by the muruct-pa'ity muruct-pa'ity The municipality must demonstrate to the County that they have adequate ad-equate water rights and source capacity to service the proiect. in a form acceptable ac-ceptable lo the County The methodology for arriving arriv-ing at the surplus source capacity may toUcw the municipality's cntena, and not necessarily this Ordinance, Ordi-nance, but conformity is recommended, A letief in the municipalities own form and authorized by the City or Town governing govern-ing autiionfy. must be submitted to the County m the same fashion as the water availabAty and concurrency con-currency Letters are submitted sub-mitted as per this Ordinance. Ordi-nance. This tetter is referred refer-red to as a "Municipal Surras Sur-ras Water Letter". The Municipal Surplus Water Letter will be approved in a similar fashion as well by the County Concurrency Concurren-cy Officer, The Municipal Surplus Water Letter shal state and include at a minimum min-imum the foBowmg information: infor-mation: a. Certifcason that the surplus water source capacity exists in the municipal system to service the referenced project or development b Certification that al n-provements n-provements and existing municipal ntrastructure meet current State DDW rules and regulations and that the system rating is currently 'approved, c The State DDW water system number d A copy of the most recent State approved water source protection plains) or reference refer-ence to the tact that is on file with the County, e A copy of a controlled constant rate (24 hour) pumping of spnrig,1unriel Row test of the source or sources dedcated to provide pro-vide the surplus water for the devetapmeot, per formed within the last year, t A copy of a surplus wafer contract between the mumapahty and the owner of the protect prot-ect or development, g An damnification agreement agree-ment on a standard form provided by the County, indemnifying the County from any owner or customer cus-tomer liability if a water problem or shortage occurs oc-curs m the future (ji) EC!i;i!C...PcPC-r::"a To better serve the development develop-ment community and the public. Summit County .may develop at a future data an electronic form of Water Letter and related data reporting and sub-missiQft. sub-missiQft. At a minjfTtum, at) Poor |
