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Show siecle ue LU pa : | see hee ee Teel lia ala _ now being accepted a COPY COPY rds rtr hn apart cs wsittn FOR ALL YOUR PRINTING NEEDS Deere tae Editors note: This is the last in an Inves- ae DEREK JENSEN MANAGING EDITOR. When ing the 1990s. According to figures released recently by the Census Bureau, long been at the crossroads of how to expand responsibly while breaking from its money et past into the black. Faced with equal pressure font Park City-based pilots who rely on the convenient airstrip and Wasatch residents unwilling to relinquish their. Wasatch’s population grew by just over _ 00 percent in the 1990s—from 10,089 in Heber saw equally strong growth dur- KIRSTEN SHAW COURIER STAFF Coinciding with the expansion, the city overhauled their airport lease agreement. this spring to generate he more short-term cash flow. Instead of AIRPORT continued on A5 a consensus on a of the costs to communities are reviewed. The approximate cost for the water sup- Government and Environmental pliers to bring systems up Protection Agency (EPA) recently rescinded the agency’s January deci- Fortimatety, to January's standards is at _ least $63 million. sources : County for no water report warned, “should develop Wasatch tested for arsenic however, some of Summit. County’s have. The National Academy of Sciences committee cost and hasty judgement in 3 change, by ele Rt a ey recommend standards be lowered,” said Larry Scanlan, Utah Division Or Environmental Quality, Drinking Water Division chemist. “The thing is they say Wasatch County will ? be effected didn’t give a recommenda- the ARSENIC continued on AA at least 50 Utah communities might be— even though millions of dollars will be saved. ‘The EPA said. it withdrew the new standards FIEE PHOTO. “ until scientists can come to | ‘Wasatch County’ Ss Mayflower tailings, which contain could become a Superfund site. NEW. COURIER WEBSITE COMING SOON! arsenic and - yor" POSTAL PATRON -Presorted « Standard USS. Postage Paid ~ Heber City, UT Permit No. 32005 - MARRIOTT LIBRARY, ARCHIVES ' angina AeA nen ™ de sittinSe soon as possible...arsenic has long been identified as” a toxicant...high levels also can lead to bladder and lung cancer, which are more likely to be fatal.” “There’s no question sion to implement stricter the prior decision, which would have reduced the| arsenic ceiling in drinking water from 50 to 10 parts per billion. While experts the EPA a stricter standard for allowable levels of arsenic in the nation’s drinking water supplies as above 10 parts per billion; arsenic standards for drink- ing water. The EPA cited not i rhe OK by either measure safe arsenic level and estimates _—s Federal the CENSUS continued on A& enege on Water Standards | _ Arsenic levels in Wasatch tax revenue. 29.6 or 510,310 people. The state’s popu- lation now stands at 2.23 million. we Feds grant. The other 10 percent is broken down evenly between city and state Utah was the fourth-fastest growing state in the country with an increase of 7 TY Spade mower til A eA ae = by federal MCGUINNESS ; ~ 295South 1500 East Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 4 is provided | ERIN haw In order to accommodate the increasing amount of planes, many of which are commercial and businessrelated, Heber looked to Washington D.C. The government responded— BY det ment, Heber’s small opération may soon soar beyond expectations. : GRAPH We tne “ana NS AY SA atin OR -current. population. of 7,291. Midway’s population spiked 36.5 percent to 2,121 people. The county’s smaller bergs of Charleston, Daniels, and Wallsburg: saw growing county with an almost 92 pergrowth in the single digit percentage cent increase to 29,736. The next fastest _ range. growing counties in order were: Driven bya hoomain resort economy, Washington County (86 percent); Iron Wasatch’s neighbor to the north, County (62 percent) and T. ooele County. 3 Summit County, was the state’s fastest — (53 percent). sizable sum from the federal govern- ect budget % CHANGE | ‘ing the decade, adding 2,452 people for a been reticent to act. But thanks to a Sarpy 1990 to 15,215 in 2000—making it the fifth-fastest growing county in the state. mountain town serenity, officiais have start the necessary expansion. Ninety percent of the $1.1 million capitol proj- a. Bountiful put down roots in Wasatch County ‘dur- 4 he Heber Valley Airport has airmailing close to $1 million to jump- Strand moved in late 1997 he was one of 5,126 people to pth Heber Airport expansion. or the he est. erry. Strand ued: to de: Heber Valley for the space—both for himself and his horses. “J love the valley very, very muc says Strand. _ Apparently, so do thousands of oth: ers. bucks, faces noisy future on show Heber, county grew SO percent during 1990s TIM WESTBY COURIER STAFF- Airport soaring with federal tigative series eeese Men sce For Flight | Census ies det sale Th era h County Gets Discovered— The Price |