Show pumping system doubles tooele thoele wafer water supply e f r N courtesy salt lake tr tribune abune crowd watches new tooele thoele well begin pumping operations which will almost double the tooele thoele celebrates completion coan cletion of water project thoele tooele le residents gathered at the site of the new city turbine urbine t pump well monday evening to celebrate the completion of a project which will almost double the city supply ot of water the f test bringing water at the rate of gallons per mm min ute was held thursday afternoon and fully just fied the predictions of city off bials and well engin aers the public ceremony mon day celebrated the achievement speeches discussing the develop ment of the project and the mean ing it has for tooele thoele were given by city officials and guests intro deuced by mayor deloy tanner as master of ceremonies B L sackett former general superintendent of the al smelting and refining company reviewed the findings of the 1943 comm atee appointed to invests gate the possibilities of more wat er for the city he was chairman of the group president alex F dunn in a speech stated he be lieveld the project the most out standing development in the city s history dr R E marsell professor of geology at the university of utah and technical advisor on the pro eject told of the development and location history of the well and expressed his satisfaction with the results of the f test he re ported it would be to the distinct advantage of the city to plate drilling an additional add dional well near the site in the near future reviewing drilling operations and working capacity of the well dale james city manager gave some statistics on the well and stated the present capacity was gallons per minute with suf focient force to raise this amount to the water storage tanks it will probably be two weeks before the new supply is suitable for the city water mains although everyone in the crowd drank a cup of the water at the inaugural ceremonies monday mr james said the estimated ex pend iture for the project will reach the total cost of drilling and casting completed last dec dee ember was water was reached at feet but drilling op orations erat ions cease until a depth of feet was hit the well has a ten inch pipe and horse power motor to op erate the pump cites water supply the well will boost the water supply sif to alleviate a water famine and stabilize the water pressure during the late after noon |