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Home My WebLink About2018 Drinking WaterJEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – PLANNED PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2018 DRINKING WATER PROGRAM Page 1 of 4 PROGRAMS: Drinking Water MISSION: The mission of the Drinking Water Program is to protect public health by assuring that residents and visitors to Jefferson County have access to a safe and reliable supply of quality drinking water and that it is reasonably available. By enforcing and monitoring laws regulating public and private water supplies, the Drinking Water Program minimizes the threat of waterborne disease. Goal Objective Task Performance Measure 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 Actual 2016 Actual 2017 Projected 2018 Planned Goal 1: Assure that all new and decommissioned wells are constructed in accordance with requirements established by the Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) or defer enforcement to ECY Inspect at least 50% of all new wells constructed with 50% of these with the well driller present and 100% of all wells being de- commissioned Be available when well start notifications are received to conduct inspections within 3 days of start When a well application is received for a decommissioning, contact the well driller to discuss timing and schedule. Percent of new wells (starts) inspected 73% 60% 71% 86% 50% 50% Percent of inspected wells with driller on site 76% 66% 42% 63% 50% 50% Percent decommissioned well inspected 95% 88% 88% 94% 100% 100% Goal 2: Integrate water adequacy review with compliance with Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 17 and the In-Stream Flow Rule (ISFR) Comply with reporting requirements from ECY by updating database to include means to track ISFR information Determine through review of building permit applications and subdivision potable water review if subject to requirements of ISFR rule (map check and parcel info) Determine the sub- basin and management area in accordance with rule. Add activities and conditions that allow for data tracking Number of reviews in Coastal Management area of WRIA 17 7 10 14 14 20 20 Number of reviews in Reserve Management area of WRIA 17 5 10 7 6 10 10 Number of reviews in Chimacum Sub-basin of WRIA 17 4 2 4 3 5 2 Number of reviews that were exempted from WRIA 17 rule. (ECY decision) 7 2 3 6 5 0 Subdivision lots approved 0 2 0 0 0 Not Measured 2018 JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – PLANNED PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2018 DRINKING WATER PROGRAM Page 2 of 4 Goal Objective Task Performance Measure 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 Actual 2016 Actual 2017 Projected 2018 Planned Goal 3: Integrate water adequacy review with compliance to the Seawater Intrusion Ordinance Comply with the requirements of the (DCD) Jefferson County Seawater Intrusion ordinance and update maps annually Create report in database to determine through quality testing required for building permits and subdivisions potable water review if subject to the requirements Establish new at risk or high risk zones Number of wells that created a new at-risk zone 0 1 2 0 0 0 Number of wells in a high risk zone 1 0 0 0 0 0 Number of Hydro- geological assessments reviewed 2 NR* 1 1 0 1 1 Goal 4: Minimize delay of building permits and subdivisions project approval and completing by prioritizing water adequacy review Conduct initial review of all potable water review applications within 14 days of application Create reports in database to establish date of initial review and statistics to better assess issues around timely approval Percent of reviews completed in 14 days 77% 59% 90% 74% 77% 77% Goal 5 Ensure consistent compliance with drinking water requirements Work toward coordination with other permitting agencies. Those agencies include but are not limited to DOH (in-stream flow rule and public water supplies), Washington State Department of Agriculture (food processing permit applications), JC food safety, JC onsite and DCD Establish regular meeting dates and agreements when applications trigger coordination Partner with WSU in ongoing educational workshops along with other regulatory agencies Presentations to public or participation in public forums 1 1 2 0 0 Not Measured 2018 *NR= “need report” these numbers were manually hand counted prior to database update to calculate from activities entered in database. JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – PLANNED PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2018 DRINKING WATER PROGRAM Page 3 of 4 DRINKING WATER PROGRAM STATISTICS BY YEAR Well inspection program 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Projected 2018 Planned # of well applications received & reviewed 83 61 56 36 47 38 43 42 43 43 # of new drilled well start notification (includes some well applications from previous years) 77 62 57 28 23 20 31 21 35 35 # of wells decommissioned 8 13 12 12 20 8 8 17 10 10 # of new wells inspected 53 32 31 16 17 12 22 18 18 18 % of new wells (starts) inspected 68% 52% 54% 78% 73% 60% 71% 86% 60% 60% # of inspected wells with driller on site (includes new and decommissioned wells) 25 28 21 13 21 16 24 19 19 % of inspected wells with driller on site 55% 65% 85% 76% 66% 42% 63% 63% 63% # of decommissioned wells inspected 8 13 12 12 19 7 7 16 10 10 % decommissioned well inspected 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 88% 88% 94% 100% 100% Determination of adequate potable water 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Projected 2018 Planned # of potable water reviews completed 99 82 90 126 144 144 # of reviews complete in 14 days 79 49 81 93 110 110 % of reviews done within 14 days 82% 60% 90% 74% 77% 77% # of reviews for public water. 57 34 59 84 96 96 # of reviews for two party wells. 8 8 7 8 9 9 # of reviews for individual wells. 34 37 23 34 36 36 # of reviews for rainwater catchment systems. 1 2 1 0 1 1 # of reviews for shallow/dug wells 2 1 1 0 1 1 # of reviews for spring water 1 1 1 1 1 1 # of reviews in High Risk SIPZ Zones with Hydrogeological assessments 1 1 0 0 1 1 # of reviews that required Notice to Title for quality 1 3 3 0 1 1 # of review that required Notice to Title for quantity 1 3 3 0 1 1 # of reviews in Coastal Management area of WRIA 17 14 17 14 14 20 20 # of reviews in Reserve Management area of WRIA 17 6 2 7 6 10 10 # of reviews in Chimacum sub-basin 6 5 4 3 2 2 # of reviews that were exempted from WRIA 17 rule. 7 1 3 6 0 0 JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – PLANNED PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2018 DRINKING WATER PROGRAM Page 4 of 4 Operational Plan for 2018 Drinking Water Program activities are expected to be very similar to 2017. However, there are two possible changes in operations, and one completed change in staffing that may impact activities in 2018: Possible Operational Changes One, as of the date of this report, the state legislature has failed to address the state Supreme Court’s ruling (aka, “Hirst, et al”). In the Whatcom County vs. Hirst, Futurewise, et al. decision (often referred to as the Hirst decision), the court ruled that the county failed to comply with the Growth Management Act (GMA) requirements to protect water resources. The ruling requires the county to make an independent decision about legal water availability. Both the Senate and the House put forth bills to clarify the law during the 2017 session, but neither passed. As of this date, Jefferson County DCD has not recommended any changes to water adequacy review to the Board Of County Commissioners. Should they proposed change, this may impact our Drinking Water Program in terms of average review time. Two, the Environmental Health Director and Drinking Water staff are considering declining state DOH funding for group A water system sanitary surveys so that DW can focus available DW hours on building review, water adequacy review, drinking water policy amendments and OSS permitting. If the decision is made to decline those state funds, we will request a fee increase to backfill those lost dollars with fee revenue. Change in Staffing Plan In order to stabilize staffing in the Water Quality Program, we have transferred our “back-up” DW staff person out of the Drinking Water Program. If we were to lose our primary DW staff person, our ability to execute DW tasks would be significantly hampered for 3 to 6 months.