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Show Cenieirvillle Greatest until April 20 to protest the creation of the district. If over 50 The CenCENTERVILLE percent of residents file written terville City Council has passed protests, then the city abandom an ordinance that will create a its plans for the new water disnew water district. trict, Lifferth said, The ordinance creates a 500 The new district will furnish to and homes acre water special improvement wairrigation ter district. Residents within for agricultural use in the city. The district was created to the district have the option serve residents in north Centerwhether or not they want to ville who dont have access to participate in the irrigation sysother irrigation water systems, tem, Lifferth said. Those opting to join the sysaccording to Centerville City Councilman Dennis Lifferth. tem will be faced with a $509,000 City residents will now have initial cost to be spread equally By RON KNOWLTON Review Staff - Wafer District among those owning shares in from the Centerville Deuel the district, Lifferth said. The Creek Irrigation Co., while others are receiving water from system will be receiving no funds from the Weber Basin, A bond election will be held in city. Most of the some 180 residents June to help provide long term in the district have already been financing for residents using the contacted by the city, Mayor system, Blackburn said. If sucNeil Blackburn said. cessful, the bond election could The district runs from 1400 help spread payments for the North, north to Lund Lane. Lif- water system out over a 10 to 15 ferth said the system will help year period. Besides the $509,000, users of those that are not already rethe system will also be charged ceiving irrigation water. He said many city residents an annual fee for operation and are receiving secondary water maintenance costs and a charge for water services. The annual charge will vary according to the number of shares owned in the system, The city will bill for the service, Blackburn said. There is also a connection fee. Construction on a reservoir, main trunk lines and pressure reducing valves for the system will likely begin this summer, Blackburn said. Completion of the system should come by 1984, he added. If the demand is there, the city may also create a second irrigation water system in the future. g, . aqueduct. ro 3 J The system will take a temendous peak demand off our culinary water system during the summer months when demand is high, Blackburn said. Blackburn anticipates over the long haul that the system will provide big savings to cullinary water users in the city, by decreasing demand. Also, irrigation water can be provided for less money. Water for the system will come from the Weber Basin , M , X y fc Wednesday, April 13, 1983 Weather Wreaks Havoc Flooding a Problem For W. Bountiful Residents By IRENE JANES Review Correipondent WEST BOUNTIFUL Re- cent storms in Davis County have created severe flooding problems for many homes in West Bountiful. West Bountiful has always has a high water table. Ground water is often seen standing in fields around the city. But re- figure out where it is coming cently some residents who have from. The ground has been so never before had flooding prob- saturated that many homes lems have experienced water in have their sump pumps going their basements. (See related night and day. Bob Wright said, Our pump story, page 2A.) The Dave White, family had just couldnt keep up with the water at least two inches deep amount of water around the in their ground level home. home and consequently, we Mr. White, said, I just cant have water in our basement anyway. Another family, the Dana Jeppsons, have had surface water draining in their back door. They placed a pump in the back yard and later also had ground water coming up through their basement floor. ments because their pumps could not work without electricity. Two citizens said they went to a local rental place to obtain a gas powered pump which could pump out yard or basement water. City residents and officials have- expressed concern for a sudden spring thaw. There are currently three creeks that run through the city which carry water from Bountiful. Davis county flood control assists West Bountiful with monitoring, maintaining and cleaning the creeks and its tributaries. County flood control workers Bert Warren and Don Nappies said that literally tons of sediment and debris are cleaned from the pipes carrying the water. This cleaning process is constantly done, especially during the spring to help reduce the - at the Wheelwright home in West Bountiful became a large cavern because of recent water problems., Robyn Wheelwright and her daughter Brooklyn ; survey the damage, y . y BRETT TAFT, Cindy Lee Janes, Angela Cristaudo and Elizabeth Fahey (from left) find great fun wading and playing with water being pumped from a basement and yard in West Bountiful into the street by a sump pump. Council Promises Action NSL Residents Worried About Mudslide A NORTH SALT LAKE group of about 40 residents told North Salt Lake City Council last week that a mudslide on David Way is a potential danger to the children who play in the ; slide area. ; y Residents asked nary approval to build, specifications were not met and a final approval to move into the house was never given. that the council take immediate action. Shelley Clifford, who lives directly across from the slide said, There is no way we can keep the children out of that area. A vacant house sitting on the , slide site also prompted concern. The residents said that the house is sliding into the canyon and is a little farther down every time we goby it. The house, according to May- - v or Robert Palmquist, has been condemned because, although; the builder was given prelimi . The builder moved in to the home anyway, and was told to move out. The house was then rented to someone else, and subsequently was condemned by the city. It not sits empty. Neighbors felt that the house should never have been built on the side of the hill and that the home is to blame for the mudslide. But, Palmquist assured them that State Geologist Bruce Kalister, who studied the area saw, no connection between the house and the slide, after inspecting similar slides all up and down the Wasatch front. The builder, said Palmquist, will get 60 or 90 days to bring the Woods The city now has three new WOODS CROSS Cross is looking at three sites on reserve police officers on their which a new elementary school police force. Edward Jonathan could be built. Klint, Dale Kevin Wright, and On top of the priority list is a Bruce Robert Timothy were site at 2100 South and 800 West. sworn into office April 5 in city Second on the list is the present council meeting, site of the Woods Cross Elemen- Layton City is highlighting cities in the county. Last choice other and School third tary would be a site on 1500 South. Thursday Woods Cross was house up to standards, or it will be torn down. He said that esti- tuates of how much it would cost to get the houses defects corrected, were between $30,000 and $40,000. y Richard Strong, councilman, listed priorities for the city as, getting the house problem taken care of, then filling in the land, and then acting so that no other houses would be built on the hillside. He suggested that they get on with the task and Palmquist agreed, saying that his concern was that the street would be ' next to go. One citizen s aid that the priority of the safety of children had been missed and that they wanted something done about it now. The mayor said that a fence would be installed along the . , risk of flooding. sidewalk the following day. Barricades will be put up according to Palmquist, to enforce the load limit in the street, also a drain pipe will be installed to drain off the waters from the underground springs, and then the filling in with dirt can begin. Life off p rain-gutt- Residents who have pumps running many hours each day fear prolonged power failures. During the recent high windstorm, power was out for many hours. Citizens said that water started seeping into their base- A SMALL TRENCH tion. The city has many flowing wells. Private citizens have them in their own property and use them for drinking and irrigation. The city also has its own culinary water well to the rear of the city office building. The water well is used as a back-usource. One resident, Richard Dees, said he has lived in West Bountiful all his life. Dees had water in his home for the first time during the last prolonged storm. His home was built ground level and he felt the problem may have come from his house dropping water at the foundation and from the overall ground saturation. He has been installing collection pipe underground in his yard to divert the Since the ground water table at least nine months of the year, citizens become more concerned during prolonged storms. The water then shortly finds it way into basements if not pumped or diverted. Some residents also believe that Farmington Bay water lends to the ground satura is normally high er water. Susan Demas reported water seepage into her home. I believe the water is mostly coming from the field to the west of my home which tends to collect water and our home is lower than the field surface water. Another resident, Sheralee Lawson said, My husband spent all one day in the rain hand bailing water out of a sump pump hole because he could not obtain the pump he needed for two days. His attempt to keep the water out of his already flooded basement kept the water level down, but did not keep the basement dry. They later borrowed a pump which was connected in the hole outside their garage and pumped the water away from their home. One of the most drastic home problems was at the home of Gary Wheelwright. They were using two pumps to get the water out of their basement. They hired a company to trench around their home so they could install a drainage system. When the trencher completed the trench along the south side of the home, the ground gave way. A small trench became a cavern four feet wide and soon filled with water. iAE?D LemdKHH BOUNTIFUL Bay Area Refuse District (BARD) officials are considering a plan that may open up 30 additional acres of land that could be used for the landfill and that would extend the life of the BARD landfill an estimated six years. Current estimates set the life of the landfill at 15 years. The plan involves rechanneling Barton Creek, which runs through the BARD property. BARD is currently leasing 150 acres of land from Bountiful Cihighlighted. The jobs of the ty,. but only 120 acres of that mayor and councilmen and the land has been used for landfill. contributions of Woods Cross Ci- The other 30 acres has been ty to Davis County were em-- , covered with water from flooding caused by the creek, Elmer phasized. Barlow, BARD manager said. The Woods Cross city council Barlow said the BARD board also discussed annexation of of directors has given him perproperty to West Bountiful dur- mission to construct a new channel through which the wa ing a closed session. interceded 12 feet to said the matter has not yet the north of the property. The come before the Bountiful City new channel, which has been Council, so he said hejs not sure completed, cannot be used until what the council will"decide. several problems with the plan Barlow said BARD officials in are ironed out, Barlow said. the past have had problems Barlow said the Utah Division with willow trees growing in the of Wildlife Resources has obmiddle of the creek and with Reto the plan. Wildlife jected nests to beavers sources wants to buy the land or block theconstructing a creek creating lease the land for a with flooding. problem period to use the land as habitat Barlow said the new channel for ducks, Barlow said. was tested during a Since Bountiful owns the property used for the BARD land- period and the land started to fill, BARD officials are waiting dry out. to see what Bountiful will do Barlow estimates that it with the Wildlife Resources pro- would take two months for the land to dry out before it could be posal, Barlow said. Bountiful Mayor Dean Stahle used for landfill. Barlow said he has already said he has not seen a proposal from the Division of Wildlife received approval from the ArResources yet. Overall in the my Corps of Engineers and past, our stance has been to from the Utah Division of Water keep the land, Stahle said. He Resources to divert the creek. ter could be diverted 100-ye- ar 26-ho- ur ir:yww ,0) "'X V College coaches can a y-- c vGi Dotted Line begin signing high school athletes to today, and most area athletes are looking at IB junior colleges. Taking Care Index .... Classified Home Living School Sports . . ....... ft Accidental poisonings 6B, 7B 3B, 4B 4A, children and adults can be prevented, say hospital personnel, if of 5A IB, 2B rj X are precautions 3B taken. J |