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Ashley Valley Water & Sewer Improvement District

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435-789-9400

Ashley Valley Water & Sewer Improvement District

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Your drinking water is and will continue to be produced and meet state and federal guidelines. 

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Press Release--Important Information

On March 28, 2023 the Board of Directors for the Ashely Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District passed a resolution to temporarily suspend the issuance of new “will-serve” letters pending the completion of a water rights study to determine if existing water rights are sufficient to provide new service connections. This decision was not taken lightly and was done because the district recognizes its obligation to protect its current customers and to ensure that the current levels of services are maintained. The temporary suspension will be for six months and will allow the district time to complete the water rights study. To see a copy of the resolution you can go to the district’s website at avwsid.com.  For more information you can also contact the district office or the district’s attorney at 435-657-0984.

RESOLUTION 2023-03-28

  

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NEW "WILL-SERVE" LETTERS PENDING THE COMPLETION OF A WATER RIGHTS STUDY TO DETERMINE IF EXISTING WATER RIGHTS ARE SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE NEW SERVICE CONNECTIONS, AND RELATED MATTERS


WHEREAS, the Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District (the "District") owns and operates a culinary treatment and delivery system that provides culinary water services to the customers of the District; and


WHEREAS, the District is required by Utah State law, and sound business practices, to have a sufficient reliable water supply (both water rights and actual water) to provide uninterrupted service to its customers in a manner that meets all applicable rules, regulations, and policies governing a public water supplier in Utah; and 


WHEREAS, growth in the service area of the District has resulted in additional service connections being requested by new customers; and


WHEREAS, notwithstanding the current water year, the District, along with most of the rest of the Western United States, has experienced decades of drought and below average yields from its water rights; and 

 

WHEREAS, the District recognizes its obligation to protect its current customers and make sure that its water rights are sufficient to continue to provide water service at current levels to those existing customers; and 


WHEREAS, the District is no longer entirely confident that its existing water rights can provide sufficient wet water to provide an adequate level of service to new customers without the possibility of adversely impacting existing customers, especially if drought conditions continue in the future; and


WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the District and its current customers to conduct a comprehensive study to determine if existing water rights are sufficient to provide water to new customers, or if additional water rights need to be acquired by the District to keep up with current and anticipated growth; and 


WHEREAS, the Board of the Directors finds that there is good cause for imposing a six (6) month suspension on the issuance of new "will-serve" letters in order to allow the District to conduct a comprehensive study as described herein, and to update policies of the District if necessary.


NOW, THEREFORE, be it hereby Resolved by the Board of Directors of the Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District, as follows:


1. No will-serve letters committing to new service connections will be issued by the District for the next six (6) months following the adoption of this Resolution.


2. Applications or requests for will-serve letters that have been received by the District prior to the adoption of this Resolution will be processed in the normal fashion, but new will-serve requests received after the adoption of this Resolution will not be issued during the suspension period.


3. The Manager of the District is directed and authorized to conduct a comprehensive study to examine the District's existing water rights, the current yield of those water rights, the projected yield of the water rights, and to determine if additional water rights are required before additional will-serve letters can be issued by the District. 


4. The Attorney for the District, along with Manager and Staff of the District, is directed to participate in the study, review the study at its completion, and prepare updated policies and procedures regarding the water rights of the District, acquisition of additional water rights if necessary, and related matters, and to present those new policies and procedures to the Board of Directors for their approval and adoption prior to the expiration of the suspension period.


This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption and/or publication as required by law.


PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the District on the 28th day of March, 2023.


DISTRICT BOARD

                                                                        AYE           NAY 

Chairman Boyd Workman                      __X__           _____

Vice Chair Robert Jolley                           __X__           _____

Board Member Dean Baker                    __X__           _____

Board Member Max Haslem                   __X__           _____

Board Member Brownie Tomlinson     __X__           _____

APPROVED AS TO FORM

_____________________________

Corbin B. Gordon, Attorney

Lead Supply & Service Lines

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

In 2021 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised and finalized changes to the Lead and Copper rule.  Part of these changes require water systems to conduct and maintain location-based Lead Service Line (LSL) inventories, as well as to develop plan and replacement goals based on those inventories.  This inventory is required to be completed by October 16, 2024.


Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District has started the inventory process by reviewing construction records, capital project as-builts, and county records to discover homes that were built when the plumbing code still allowed lead lines.


Our initial review has determined that roughly 50% of the existing connections in the district were built after LSLs were banned from the International Plumbing Code amended by Utah Code.  This still means that there are thousands of lines that need to be surveyed and verified before the deadline.


This is where you come in.  We need your help to verify your service line as it enters your home.  We have developed an easy to submit survey that you can reach by scanning the QR code on the right of this page.  Additionally you can visit  https://arcg.is/1LH0u00 to fill out the survey. 


Please responds as soon as possible so we can submit the inventory before the due date in October 2024.  If you are unsure the pipe material in your service line, the following link provides some information to help you make that determination.  https://www.lslr-collaborative.org/identifying-service-line-material.html


Thank you in advance from everyone at the district.  This is a monumental task, but working together we can ensure that we have an accurate inventory which will allow us to remove those LSLs if needed.



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Our History

Ashley Valley Water & Sewer Improvement District is a local district formed by Uintah County to furnish water and sewer service to the unincorporated area outside Vernal City including incorporated Naples City. It was formed in 1974 under title 17, chapter 6 Utah Code. In 1982 it began to operate and service the area outside the city, this area was formally operated by Vernal City and Naples City. The original water system was built in 1962 by the Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Central Utah Water Steinaker Project, and the lines put in by Naples and Glines before 1962. The service area covers from 3300 north to 5800 south and 3500 west to 3500 east, an area of 9 miles by 7 miles and just over 160 miles of potable water line. The sewer system was built in 1982 as part of an EPA project. Ashley Valley Water & Sewer, Vernal City and Maeser Water Improvement District built lagoons and a joint sewer lagoon system, later replaced by an oxidation ditch treatment plant. Ashley Valley currently has over 3,400 sewer connections and over 5,000 water connections.

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