20070711DEQ 10-day notice.pdf

STATE OF IDAHO
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
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900 North Skyline Drive, Suite B . Idaho Falls , Idaho 83402 . [phone] CL "Butch" Otter, Governor
Toni Hardesty, Director
July 6, 2007 CERTIFIED MAIL
Morning View Acres
Attn: Nolan Gneiting
O. Box 598
Rigby, 10.83442 !1 Afv- LV
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:RE: 10 DAY NOTICE FOR MORNING VIEW ACRES PWS# 7260063 TO COMPLY
WITH THE PRESSURE AND SECONDARY SOURCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
IDAHO RULES FOR PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS
Dear. Mr. Gneiting:
This letter is a follow up to Rochelle Mason s (DEQ) site visit on July 5 , 2007 following a
pressure compliant from one of your customers of the Morning View Acres public water system.
Due to a history of non-compliance with the Idaho Rules for Public Drinking Water System DEQ
is considering disapproving the public water system Morning View Acres. The enforcement
action will consist of a Notice of Violation (NOV) and Consent Order between Morning View
and the IDEQ.
The following are significant Health Hazard conditions identified during DEa's July 5, 2007 site
visit that violate IDAP A rules for drinking water systems that shall be corrected in order to avoid
enforcement actions taken against the Morning View water system:
I. Distribution pressure was measured at five (5) connections within the Morning View water
system that showed the average system pressure at 30 psi. at 1:45 p.
1OAPA 58.01.08.552.ii.states: Any public water system shall maintain a minimum pressure
of forty (40) psi. throughout the distribution system , during peak hourly demand conditions.
2. Pictures were taken during the July 5th site visit that shows that the second source
is not hooked to the distribution. Our records indicate during a February 23, 2007 phone
conversation with Rochelle Mason you verified that a new variable speed pump was being
installed in Well # 2. Another phone conversation, on July 5 2007 with Rochelle upon
receiving another pressure compliant, you informed DEQ that the new pump had not yet been
installed due to costs restraints.
IDAPA 58.01.08.513.states: Community water systems served by ground water shall have a
minimum of two (2) source is they are intended to serve more than twenty-five (25) home.
DEQrequests you comply with IDAPA 58.01.08.552.and IDAPA 58.01.08.513.within ten
(10) days of receipt of this letter in accordance with the Idaho Rules for Public Drinking Water
Systems. Failure to comply with the Idaho Rules for Public Drinking Water rules will result in
enforcement actions with civil penalties. This may also include new service connection
moratorium.SCANNED
JUl 0 6 2007
If you do not agree with Morning View Acres water system non-compliance issues, please
respond in writing to this office within five (5) days.
Please call me if you have any questions regarding this monitoring.
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dreg Eager
Regional Engmeering Manager
Rochelle Mason, Drinking Water Analyst
Willie Teuscher, P.E. Water Quality Engineer
Ray Keating, RHS, Eastern Idaho Public Health Department