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GROVER DOMESTIC WATER WORKS

Judicial · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 47705

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Case

Case Number
08-1983-0001
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
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Summary

GROVER IS A COMMUNITY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM LOCATED IN LIN- COLN COUNTY, WYOMING. GROVER PROVIDES UNTREATED WATER FROM THREE SPRINGS TO 43 SERVICE CONNECTIONS WHICH SERVE ABOUT 150 PEOPLE. GROVER IS A CORPORATION INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF WYOMING. MR. BRUCE TURNER IS OPERATOR OF THE GROVER SYSTEM. THE SPRINGS UTILIZED BY GROVER APPEAR TO BE IMPROPERLY DEVELOPED AND NOT SUFFICIENTLY PROTECTED FROM SURFACE CON- TAMINATION. CATTLE GRAZE IN THE AREA OF THE SPRINGS. THERE ARE PERSISTENT BACTERIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS, THE SOURCE OF WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY IDENTIFIED. NOT ONLY IS NO DISINFECTION PRACTICED, BUT GROVER IS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO DISINFECTION. THIS IS A PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION AGAINST GROVER AND TURNER FOR VIOLATION OF S1414(B) OF THE SDWA. DEFENDANTS ARE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WHICH HAS EX- PERIENCED RECURRING VIOLATIONS OF THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL) FOR BACTERIA (40 CFR 141.14). THEY HAVE ALSO CONSISTENTLY FAILED TO: (1) MONITOR FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL CON- TAMINANTS (40 CFR 141.21), INORGANIC CHEMICALS (40 CFR 141.- 23), AND RADIONUCLIDES (40 CFR 141.26); (2) REPORT MONITOR- ING RESULTS TO EPA IN A TIMELY MANNER (40 CFR 141.31); (3) PROPERLY NOTIFY USERS OF FAILURE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF THE SDWA AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER (40 CFR 141.32); AND (4) KEEP APPROPRIATE RECORDS (40 C

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