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Show HEW WELL BRIGHTENS FUTURE FOR CITY $ CULINARY WATER SUPPLY Ten Day Test Fails To Drop Water Level Below 132 Feet; Output Now 242 Gallons ROOSEVELT'S desperate j search for water appeared to be I near an end this week as the test on the 435 foot well drilled a year ago entered its tenth day and continued to show an adequate ade-quate supply of good water. Pumping on the new well to determine its capabilities was started last week, in the city's I artesian park, and with the pump having run continuously for ten days, the underground water level has remained at 132 to 140 feet As the test progresses in-dications in-dications are that the well will probably not drop below tjiat level unless unforseen conditions arise. Pumping operations which are taking place in the north basin, show the well to be producing 242 gallons of water a minute. This, city officials contend, should alleviate Roosevelt's acute water situation, providing proper water storage facilities are installed, pipe lines repaired and the city metered. The city's search for water, an activity which has gained Basin wide fame. in the last several sev-eral years, has brought charges and counter charges of mismanagement misman-agement and incompetency, And when the new 435 foot well was completed a year ago, and awaited await-ed the test which is now being made, indifference and predictions predic-tions of failure accompanied the announcement of the project. Faced with a truly serious condition, the council turned-in another direction for culinary water, called a bond election for $100,000, then learned that the amount would not suffice to build a new system. RECENTY discussions have been held regarding the possibilities possi-bilities of increasing the bond issue, and moving toward Bennett Ben-nett for water. A Salt Lake investment in-vestment broker was authorized to make the necessary arrange ments for the handling of bonds totaling approximately $175,000. In tha meantime the test on the new well was undertaken, and indications are, after ten days of trying to pump the well dry, that it will hold up, and jwith certain detailed improvement improve-ment work, supply the culinary water which has been the subject of controversy for many months. In the event that the well continues con-tinues to flow 242 gallons of water a minute, it will not be necessary to call for another bond election to provide additional addi-tional funds for a culinary water system. It is authoritatively estimated es-timated that for an expenditure of between $50,000 and $75,000, the present system, with the addition ad-dition of the new well can be placed in order to meet the needs jof the city. Roosevelt taxpayers have already al-ready approved the issuance of general and revenue bonds in the total amount of $100,000, more than enough, according to estimated esti-mated figures, to enlarge and modernize the present water system. |