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Show f t NSL Seeking Mew Sources Of Water By MARK D. MICKELSEN NORTH SALT LAKE Authorities in North Salt Lake are searching for new sources of water to supply the city's increasing culinary water needs. ACCORDING to City Manager Man-ager Collin Wood, the city gets the majority of its water from deep wells located on 1I00 North and in Woods Cross, some from the Weber Basin Water District, and a minor portion from two clearwater springs on the city's east bench. He said the city is toying with several ideas. One plan allows the city to pipe some of the spring water to the north, alleviating some of the major pumping costs. Another plan allows North Salt Lake to purchase pur-chase water from the Ray Underwood well, which according to Mr. Wood, supplies sup-plies water intermittently to a nearby gravel pit operation. CITY ATTORNEY Mike McCoy told the city council last Tuesday, however, that if the city purchases water from an outside well owner they must also have control of the well. City Manager Wood said Thursday the city has also considered con-sidered buying water from the South Davis Water District. He explained that if the SDWD has a reservoir source higher than Gary Way Reservoir near the city, and if the pumping cost to the city is less, it would be to North Salt Lake's advantage advan-tage to look into it. HE NOTED two major problems. prob-lems. First, the city does not even know if the district has a higher reservoir. And second, officials in North Salt Lake are not sure whether or not the city can purchase water from SDWD. "If it costs less." Mr. Wood said, use of the system would be good for the city. MAJOR ROBERT Palm-quist. Palm-quist. speaking at the Tuesday city council meeting, said most residents in the city are paying about 14 cents per 1000 gal-longs gal-longs of w ater. City Engineer Fred Campbell Camp-bell told the mayor the biggest problem the city has with the clearwater springs is that the area is not entirely fenced off and things can get into the water wa-ter system there. MAYOR Palmquist said the city missed out on a chance this year to get federal money through the HUD small cities grants. To qualify for funding the city must first develop an in-depth report on the quantities quanti-ties of water delivered to resi-' resi-' dents, the number of minority groups in the city, and reasons why the city is not able to afford their wn j Hie mavor said ih.'x 17'h deadline for apj too short a timer J to make preparations. HE DID say. however "hecuiesuhohavere,, HLDgiaiumomes.ni had high w ater raies. llp Percent unemployment extremely high ta rates" " I hat's what ih,.', I HUD) looking y mayor told the council "ad that as soon as the ciu t, w hat it needs as Tar asV .concerned, application a made tor 1981 funding. COUNCILMAN Joe Va, Merwe urged the counc consider the seriousnesso water issue and suggested eral alternatives of his ow even the use of a "water er"to search for undercn water supplies. Though the council d mention the name ol'ihe "well-witcher." Counci Van de Merwe comme that in a majority of case witcher has had better sui than the geologists in ft water. THE COUNCILMAN suggested application I low-interest government And. he said, if nonet proposed grants or loan: be obtained, the ciu si continue working and u ing the city's existing v |