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Show :l . rtts&Ytf$x. : '. 1: 7 -VWV- - j .y-t. P).'.,,. J,; . - ,77 -iiiinninrm.minn-minir -11 ii, ITriTlnY Kin V - f lia ; INSTALLATION CONTINUING nee ' i'JMesalle Matter Bwziiiniess TIFUL - The city ! has decided that nlul should not be in the IW jsle water business and ; a request to supply s Bountiful with surplus jo,-:'. ,En BOUNTIFUL Coun-0'i Coun-0'i Eli Mitchell told the Ml,ui City Council that ;"can save us $3,300 a I "'umpteen years if you Mfl 'ib your surplus water II" six weeks." S Bountiful has been ;!lS water from Boun-., Boun-., .."stead of Weber Basin (lit. onservancy District-- ,ir r"hree weeks when a thIB .-tonnecting the water its'. ?s of Bountiful and eis ' :'"'ul was turned on ,11, e syslem and has ,j mmed on. T.FUL AGREED to D ! s "nec,ln8 valve several W . ;a8o sothat West Boun-,m Boun-,m ''""Id have an emer- ' V' -hi?,u,r source in the ' (WesI Bountiful's) 6'Li i,1?1" Iinc 'rom Weber scHOO- j'ljrokeorwascutoff. iil, i e "leanIime, West ,1)1 ""'"hausted its 331-lyi'" 331-lyi'" it hadcon-4 hadcon-4 -w J"Weber Basin for IjKP . as about to begin 4r)lus "ater from t-. ',lUiFUL agreed a01, Cw"h,Weber sin ' ,or at least as much as it used the previous year (1978). But Councilman Mitchell explained that West Bountiful has a well drilled and plans for a reservoir which should provide the city with much of its needed water, beginning sometime in 1979. BOUNTIFUL MAYOR Elmer W. Barlow strongly supported the sale of water by Bountiful to West Bountiful because "it was just another step in building a cooperative effort among neighboring communities. "It would not be taking business away from Weber Basin because West Bountiful would still be obligated to purchase at least 331-acre feet per year from Weber Basin." BUT CITY Councilman Wade Tolman, who is an employee of Weber Basin, disagreed. "I don't think Bountiful should be selling water to West Bountiful because our city should not be in the wholesale water business in competition with the areawide agency (Weber Basin)," he said. "The agency's facilities such as treatment plants, pumping stations, etc., are dependent on the continued growth in sales of water." COUNCILMAN Bingham Installation of the new pipeline under 400 North Street is continuing. continu-ing. Traffic has been diverted now for some weeks while the old line was dug up, and new line is now being laid. It will open to traffic soon. also sided with Councilman Tolman and noted that West Bountiful will not lose $3, 000a year because there will be some cost in operation and maintenance of the pump and well. "Also," he said, "they (West Bountiful) avoided some of that overall cost by using Bountiful's water the past few weeks." grb |
