Show Public Health Column I The residents ol ti Ihl floun City l ty tyIre ire served rr with 5 1 individual indi M VV Mage I age ige sy according to a survey sur I Ib by b 1 the Davis county health depart depart- department ment in 1 38 Individual Indi I i systems are difficult to keep com cont- completely adequate in a grow rapidly ing n community said Dr Ir D. D I Keith l eith Barnes director of the department This situation is not today tOlla but hut probably worse Dr Barnes said in reporting r to the city coun coon council council cil on nit Bountiful's need neld for a muni muni- municipal municipal cipal sewer se 1 SC er with complete treat treat- bent ment The recent survey among ful property owners by the Davis is county health alth covered 46 properties and provided pro actual contact with ith owners who were favorable to the sewer only 22 2 who registered I and 41 unde unde- undecided Owners were not at home in inlo ISO lo instances Of the tenants con coti- contacted only ani one objected to the tine sewer Since less than 10 of prop property property erty owners object Dr IJames said laid We Ve feel feci that the tIne time tinne is right for a detailed program in Bountiful There are arc six she specific reasons for fora a sewer sell se er in Bountiful II City Cit They are arc 1 I. Bountiful's recent rapid growth and probable continued expansion 2 A properly operated municipal sewer sever is a satisfactory means of hu ho human human homan man waste vaste disposal which costs no nomore nomore more than titan the present temporary tel inadequate disposal 3 A municipal sewer invariably in increases increases increases creases the valuation of served 4 4 Federal funds cannot be be ex expected ex- ex expected to always be available as asno now no sv 5 Cost under proposed program is comparatively low loll 6 c. A municipal sewer will ill pro provide provide vide Bountiful with one more large lare city advantage without large-city large restraints 7 Cost of project docs does not raise I I taxes One of 01 these reasons will vill be the subject of a brief but more detailed discussion in each of the next seven ell issues of this paper laper The entire cost of the project to Bountiful City residents will be ap ap- approximately approximately approximately proximately 35 of the total cost and is for materials a only The money will be he raised by hy revenue bonds and will not constitute a lien liell against the property but will be he paid for by a monthly assessment I to each user In I n other words if you connection will have a sewer you jou OU pay for the service with a small monthly fee of not to exceed per month and if you OU do not have havea a sewer connection there will be no charge There will rihl NOT be a front foot assessment assess men t winch will save the property owners in some cases here here their frontage is i long many hundreds of dollars bear in mind also the more people we have on the sewer the th monthly |