PUBLIC NOTICE

Utah Drinking Water Board has considered an application made by Kearns
Improvement District to issue an exemption to delay treating for the
contaminant of Arsenic for a time period not to exceed three years
(running from February 1, 2006 to January 31, 2009).

The Environmental Protection Agency has revised its national Drinking
Water standard for Arsenic, lowering the acceptable level from 50 parts
per billion down to 10 parts per billion. Water Systems are expected to
be in compliance with the new standard by January 26, 2006. The Drinking
Water Board has determined seven viable options to enable water systems
to come into compliance with this revised standard. They are as follows:
1) Abandon the source which is high in Arsenic, 2) Sample averaging, 3)
Blending water with other sources, 4) A combination of blend and
averaging, 5) Install point of use devices, 6) Develop alternate
sources, and 7) Provide central treatment.

The Drinking Water Board is an eleven-member body appointed by Governor
Huntsman and charged by statute to implement and enforce Drinking Water
Standards. The Drinking Water Board is in the process of finalizing
state based rules relative to the revised EPA Drinking Water Standard.
Consequently some of the options listed above are not legally available
to Water Systems until the state rule is finalized.

For this reason and other compelling reasons the Drinking Water Board
has indicated its intent to issue an exemption for your water system. An
exemption is a term defined by rule, which enables a water utility up to
three years to come in compliance with the revised standard. It is not a
mechanism to totally avoid complying with the new standard.

Along with allowing three years of additional time to come into
compliance with the new standard, the Board has determined that water
users are not subjected to an unreasonable risk to public health.

Before making a final decision the Board wished to receive comments
regarding its intent to issue this exemption. Comments may be received
in written form if postmarked by November 10, 2005, and sent to the
Boards Executive Secretary, the address is listed below. Because the
Board is considering exemptions for many systems, please be sure to
identify the water system youre commenting about.

Kevin W. Brown, P.E.
Executive Secretary
Utah Drinking Water Board
P.O. Box 144830
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4830

Or oral comments may be received at the Board meeting scheduled for 1:00
p.m. on November 18, 2005 at the Department of Environmental Quality
Offices located at 168 North 1950 West in Room 101.

The Utah Drinking Water Board, following consideration of all comments,
will make a final decision on the matter at their Board meeting November
18, 2005.