| Show J L u n t Of REPORT TtiE CO Ji l 1 I 1 t f n ERCIAL CLUB S CO 3 1 1I1 < Of t f IT I ty Ii E i 01 i r rriy J1 I WATER OM QUtSTION Uk I t J s v v A Q d j S JO V Review of th t Situation the Availa fe r S 0 F n thl Nern2dJ PTovemen o D e j To tl e Colmncrclal Clubs Committee of Fifty on thc Improvement of the CItys water Supply Suit Luke City Gen ttemcn YOUt xccmt1c committee appointed under the following In slrucl1on J tAz cxccuUv committee or five or which the chairman n oC the general committee com-mittee shall ba cxomclo ntetnber and chairman the duties or which commlttec shall tie to recllvc and coilsidci Ylic reports oalCsafi = tiotninlttecs aplioliitcd io L cilieL General and comprehensive plan for the tt rovetnent of the citys water sUP iy said plan to he submitted r Or tlni ladoption to It goneral moeUng 01 this commlttce and to dir hargc surih other duties ar may from time to time oro bc assigned to it bY this bad3 i Begs Ieave l to submit as thc result of its labors the following report The rt commendations which follow arc based upon the investltlons anti concluslons l of our V1rlo15 sub ommltteI6 whosc original reports or ottache hereto and i rrdc a part hereof upon the testimony of many yelltl1fOImcll business men J cil and hydraulic CUgI1CiIEJ iycfG clt State und Ooernqlent olUclcls as 2 vweil l Con upon the csult or iicvsoliulinvestlgntions l conducted by the members + of this committee > t In ionnull1L1n this plan for the improvement and exlc sl nor tllb clt3 s water sy Lcm us herewith presented your committee hns cousldered the folloly Irtg important factors 1 Thc present population f I 2 The prevent available water supply ti 3 The reasonably certain increase In population and Its water I nceds 4 The certain sources of addltioiml water sup 111 ly and the quanUt pos Ible to be eurcd by Ucl1 development 1 6 The fimuHIn oi nm scheme devised rot the accompllsimnent ofth2 pur peso desired rhj latter Is Uc most Itniior ltont C011lIderat of aU for without theneces sary funds any plan would proc futile 1 TliGrefore l e present iotyyour consideration the followllg susgcstion iorn i 4Ielccnt bond Issue payable the option oC the city after ten years the de tails of which aTe based primarlly upon the < assured rlgI to thc municltialtly to i lncrease its bonded Indebtedness f di i thc purpose under dIscussion and lhIlhct 011 uponthc I natural l Increase In the population In the ts esscd vtlJuatlon of the l t ti tj n d in I the enrning capacity of the watcrworles system w r1 r tr it i1 f5 0 s r 0 0 m tN C o L 44 k f9 o n rj Iv wi n H p y i 0 w a C Qn < r Q r u i o r u l 6 = 2 1102 1 I 1 1 1 HI 1 t03 1 2510001 700001 200001 30V OOU G5001 11100000 H 1 2jo0091 72O 300001 22 Olll 1 I 125OQO000 y 115 1 OOOOI 7O0011000012S5000 I I I iICIJ 1 50QOOI 77u0Uj 500001 277500J I 1 I e 1 1 800001 OOOOI 300001 rGOOI Si5000013900OOO p ills 4 1 I 82760j i fOOCOI 37501 I 1 J 11 I 85001 iOOOOI 33u0f1 40000000 1lv 1 SS5001 fOOOOI 39u00 411 HiQOI500001 8550 1OOOOOO 10 1 916101 fOOOOI 195001 250001 11 I 47500 19001 15000 OlIO 1 ml60000000 1 9 1 1 loioo014s000 30001 sl 1 II04GJO 460001 186001 H 110 i 13000 490001 BOOOI jOCIOjl015015JOOOOO I 1917 = 001920001 95001 11S1167501100001 iOI 1000x 1 1919 I llOOCl 3T0001 8000 75400 I 1010 i l2I00I i I000I 16100I So000I I a lrl I ll 9OOn 31000 lOOOOOlOOOll I Itl2 i50j2iOOOI C7501 1923 i J3S76G 12 lt4 001IlS0001 10001 12 125 i IH 501 13000i 12501 16000j I I 1023 11547501 n 50001 150000 I 1027 1 j 1006401 2oooI1085UOI lOOOO1i72Oj 1 I totals I10000001 j 1 5 0000 P 1 i r I Your attention Is called to the rnct that this Jhl confcrnlaies the p avhient o the 250000 of hands now outstLndng the proceeds from tl sale of whleh llavealrcady been expended lu the hUPIOCll l and maintenance ot tie pros mt system The estimate ot the IncleISllC income from the waterwolls Is hayed ot r I course upon the estimated IIC1lma In the citys population which has been f nglc at 34 per cent per annum We consider this I low estlante for the Improved railroad situation 1h the rapid dclcImmt of out mining and t agricultural resources Indicates a much more rapid and staple lwth In oPl r Inton In the Immc late future than In the years that have been taken ns the fir lsls ot Ou calculations H thIs presumption Shonh rove true It iollorsthat t I the bond could be more rapidly paid 0 refunded than Is onlclpated In this plan should It bc deemed wise to do 60 I I may be argued however that the increase In the rater supply provided qUo for herein might not keep lace with the Increac In population But In this Cnnl2ctlon It should be remembered tat the cJ Y haD a right to incur an In debt l Oi ctncr fOl the Imprctenient of its water s stern to the full extent oC 1 per cent I Its assessed valuation andnIiould the city Grow greatly beyond the c3tlmlte 4tv > or the committee Uw natural Increase In thg i j n9sEel valuation would enable I hrthe city to rain time additional money necessary t01lovl water for the unexpected unex-pected InereuBe In population The plan here slfmltcd for your approval pro vhle9 for the needs of 150000 populatIon allowing a PC1 capita consumption oC 400 gallons per day with the work extending over 3 period oC years thus equal lzhmg to a great extent the slight additIonal taxoUon that may be made necessary oy Your committee has not been unmindful the commitee or possibility of the city grow Inr beyond the concrnlvo expectations of Its clUzeno thus making tlcCfJaalY m a greater water supply than could bl obtained In this valley aTd hM conse rjuenly c tde as InvcsLratolis Into felds outside of Sal Lake county and has had examinations made of other and outside sources of supplynotably the Weber river mil Its trIbutaries thc Ogden and Bear rivers and other sleaIH wlth thc result that It is able to see the practicability of securIng water I f i lcet Car the needs of n city of 100000 population L l Your committee does not care however to CO Into the details oC these hIves j ° lSitOtS until they are fully completed but will at a future date Halts report thcrtco with the City Councilor with thc proposed Board of Water Comml I ylancrs Tlc r ommemlaton of the artesian plan In part for the Immediate millet lelc tof the > ltuvtlun 1M made aCC considerable hClunc > and mature deliberation 1 There ilpmnl to be a doubt In the minds of some people ns to whether 01 not the Qur1ty of water would be suitable for domestic UHCS and whether the supply would hc PIrwnel 01 nnt rie objection has also been raised that It Intro tlCj tle t Itrmt of 3n annual mulntrnance charge < 1propurlonate to the coat 9br the sLvl y sylien uinne But Wa find by thorough analysis that the crt frun the svnlh Is plllC both from the bacteriological tandrolnt and that cr oj tI + l sill I < matter other than this Thc water from the spring ut Tlberly pllrlc rhoi11011 be confounded el with thaI from the wens f IllB not proposed tot to-t antl hTIq With tie water ot the former and the eH themu VCR must be < lCQnr 1 al 1 mproved and new ones sunk As Lo the permonelle oC tails walCI supply tIIC ln uc a difference of opinion and whie It 10 probably true that I the nIINlnlt 111ce of this wutel could not be termed a true artesian bfLsln r r hIh cm only be found by pcnetrtlng to a Htrtn or waterbearing rock tvhurCIts lhcce swells generally arc only sunk into the Wlelh fount101ons or fJulJI p gravel Utid sand deposited from the 1OSIJ l of the canyons This FIrcla or 9It niuy be Htcned to l u great IJOnbC that has absorbed the mountain i Icu s seepage etc rOnln al mmnQ subtfIrnncan stream ot wall which when tapped givca out the stoed fui11ly In tills clmnccton he t010wlng 11 ure are of Interest a The Pig Colorw tLOln has been men Ued for years and he I flow mar Ii accure1y I htelrhwc sining that the 90 square miles or wntcller r1Jp bout 30lcp55nfq tatTns per square mile of the reeor + led 10Y In the cant on rCitl rht Would Inltate about 19 Inches of annual rainfall for that cnthe cntcrtcd Tartt to the Parleys CanYOU watershed with 50 f uar lles or ores ve fiat by Inc i lle method of nJutnR that oUly 54000000 golo per cquare mile plasewtt the fitrrlm or about CICZIth n3 much as flows In the Big Coltonwood and Willie the precipitation or the lat r Is doubtless much greater than In the former the conclusion Is irresistible that much of the Pal Icys canyon water has dlsuppeured from the surface reppearlug again lower down In the socalledarteslan bush I Is true thin a porphyry dyke cult thus coal try and It Is possible that lo a certain extent this last water finds Its way elsewhere perhaps Into Cottonwood canyon itself The other question of expense ex-pense In the motel ot artesian water cuts no great figure as the Interest upon the sum that would be necessary to procure this water elsewhere would morc than equal the cost or pumping as Is shown In the mbcommileos report the hole cost or this supply being estimated at about 10000 per million gallons dally dtrlns that portion or the year that the system would be operated The period or the greatest consumption ot watolJuly 15th to September thcculs at 0 time when the slow from the canyon streams Is lightest and the nCids we estimate during this time al 100 gallons per capita daily nndlr Is uI1r this basis that we have made OUr calculations for I the water system cart stand tills stran for sixty days It can cure for itself the remainder of the year The other clnn ier period la 1 during the winter months when the canyon steams are nearly frosen up ot thc frost prevents the i water iom running freely ltc the streams and lo meet both of these dlneulca we a Nocate the building of reservoirs especially the one In larcys can oI1 which Is Cpcclel to impound 1OJOOOOOOO gallons with a dam only 100 fceL high rills quantity I I 19 discharged soon after being piled or say belccn July 15th Ultl September 15ti would give the city between 12000000 and fOOOOOO guIOns dtlly thus Moue than dGulHng what the city hind during that season the lcSla year and for the rcer the wInter olr being again partially med would provtdt tfbundatllIltc protection The greater use of the Utah lake water depends largely Upoh tho Government Govern-ment tyork that may be done there under the event t leglsHitlon passed l Con greiand our plan so far as It goes Is cnthely harmony wih the idea or receiving all legitimate benefits possible under the operation of that law but thc unteirtalaty regarding the matter precludes oUt committee from dlrlcll including In-cluding that PIoposHlon in these recommendations Our idea l 11 however that the citys Interest II Utah lulc should bc held fast and olrenglhened In every way possible Indeed the ciys safety In thc malt r of mule control oC parleys canyon water depends upon the use of Uttth lake water II exchange In further considering the possible available water I sUIIly sight should not be lost of the following condItions to which reference is much in the reporls or those bf your subcommittees having In hunt the Investigations of the various canyons in thIs valley viz rune undllglould flow slan lo exist by i COrllll SOi oJ the annual pleclt11a 101 on the various water sl1lli With the recorded low or the different streams ior Instance therecordddhow ot City creek from Qctolew I lU1 toOctober 1 190 amounted to 28SS000OOO gallons 01 nn average of approximately 8000OUI gallons lCI day vhldl Is equlvnlent lo an annual raln flU it of 8i Inches on the entle 1915 square 1lhs embraced In thls paltleullr watel shed The significance of these figures will bc readily sceuWhen It Is unclerstoud that In the llYEn seasons thc 1leelpltaton on the city Creek water led is i double 17 Inches the recorded flow of hc stleun the difference eI dfntr being largely lust by ecpisc in thetormaton lhls conditon Is found to exist to a greater 01 less extent In all the canyons under consideration I hi the jatgrnlerit j oC competent engineers l that must of this lost wale I can He saved by the building oC dlkc a sulwrurfncQ imams which wouh mHloub lY mean the ncUl11b of great expense and the more specific exploitation of whIch would require the eHJOmcnt or thc best ltydraulic engineers obtainable This Is doubtless one of the many questions that will arise for dctermlnaton by the proposed water commission and so beyond thus calling attention to the matter your committee hag no recommendations to male In this connection In recommending the development of springs and artesian wells and the building or the Parleys canyon and Little valley lCSCIolls your committee had In mind the obtaining ot a sumclent supply oC water for the Immediate future with particular reference to the possible lleeds during the low water season July 15 to Septembel 10 lD03 The increased supply whIch In the opinion of your commllce oll he thus obtained Is shown as follows AYAILAA1IE IN 1903 n Gallons By the development of springs In City Creek canyon pct day for the year 1000000 I r Jlir By thc development or brings In Emigraton canyon per dnyJ9l the seat O 1000000 By the Lleity pork artesian wels pel clay for the year 2000000 Total 1000000 Add to this the supply July 15 to September Ui 1902 i 10000000 Total supply for two In months July 15 to September 15 1003Ti000000 AVAILABLE IN 1901 By the Plrleys canyon reservoir per day for two months 15000000 By the Little valley reservoir per lay for two monlhs 1000000 Total r 1G000OOO1 GOO OOO Add to tills the available supply for 1903 1000000 rotll supply for two dry months July Hi to September 1i 190130000000 Tile extent to w1llch this might he furthcr Increased by the sinLInbof nte sUm w lf along the line of the Jordan river mid Salt Lule Clty canal Is or course a lnattel or speculation Tho condltlons nt present surrounding the Gordon water right are such that your committee deems It wise to lllale no recommendation concerning Il In closing this communIcaton wc would say 11 regard to the plan of HatclnG this scheme should objection hc made on the ground that the present generton should not be taxed for those to come that the surest way lo interest mcn and capital In the growth or the city Is to provide now for the future cltys needs A twentyUcjc 1 bond payable at the cltys option alter tel years Is us long a tulle bond ns could Lc preferable and It is I possible that lung before these twenty 01 twentyliveyear bonds would become dUe t r Luldlng bond could be Issued at a lower rate ot interest than the 1 per cent contemplated hi this scheme when naturally thc payment of the debt Itself would hc postponed accordlngl In lucenUng this report to thc Commltco or Fifty or the Commercial club i 10 fitting that wc gratefully acknowledge the valuable Hsistanee fur Ishal Uf on every haldby the members of the club thc DICS members or the City Council local engineers lawyers city oCclols and citizens generally and par tcularly the chairman and members ot the several subcommittees who have thoroughly gone Into thc details of the Intricate and complex question 01 the ctys water supply We have found many people who lhorouG11y understand i the different phases ot the mater and a few who have complete knowledge of the entire question The City Englteers ofcc Is replete with yalunbll maps and I reports of former investigations and these 1nvo greatly aided us in formuiatlrlg I a plan which wo hope will he approved by the Commercial club and Ow people It Is a plan that will take years to work out and which will require 0 comHreM ble sum ot money for Its completion but one which when completed win give lo the city a frlcluss water system without Increasing the present water rates which arc now practically thc lowest existing In any city In the country being leas than onefourth the cost of some clUes of the same class Tills system when completed and paid for as recommended In the proposed plan wm enable the rate to be reduced so that In following years the present rate cnn be reduced onehalf and still leave 1 large SUm to maintain It In a high slate of eCclcncy This investigation has come at u very opportune time and should result in the correction of the many errors or the past which have heen the result mainly of a Iadt of workinG closely and consistently to some comprollensive plan such c 18 now contemplated by the carrying out or the oloWht recommendations which arc respectfully submitted for your consideration W ATEl COMMISSION 1 Vte recommend that the entire control 01 the cIY 1 water sstem and the expenditure ot un moneys for Its improvement and maintenance be placed at I as early a date as practicable In the control or C COlmlSHlon of live resident I cary cll1cn uncal proper restrictons and iegulationu and for the purpose or aceon pinching thIs result we submit here wlth for your consideration n draft or Il hill which wo Tlcormcnc that the coining Legislutme be asltcd to mnlte into law file draft of this proposed mcasure Is attached hereto and made a part oC this report PIPES AND MAINS 2 We recommend that the sum or 50000 be expended In improving and repairing the pipes and mains and other juncts to the citys water system ARTIOSIAN WELLS 3 n We recommend that the sum or not to exceed 300 be expended for the development and cleaning out of the Ctcslan wclH now fowing In Liberty park for the purpose or increasing the flow of said wells and that n SUm not to exceed fOOOO be expended In the installation or n pumnllg plant fOI the purpose or convoying the wntorso secured Into the city water system 1 We recommend that U Rum not to exceed 5000 be expended In sinking artesian wons along the lne of thc Jordan River Salt Lake City canal the water thus secured to be diverted Into said canal CITY CREFm CANYON 4 0 We recommend that the sum of 5000 be expended In developing thc lsprlnhs and HtlHlma tributary to City creek b We recommend that the Ilecessnry surveys bc made hy the City Engineer Engi-neer to ctCmlne the feasibility of building 0 reservoir In IllLo alley In City Creek canyon and If thc result or such 1UICYS indicate the feasibility or making n reservoir there that the sum ot IOOOO be expended for that purpose c We recommend that the proper city authorities be respectfully requested to proceed nt once to secure If possible from tlUnion Pacific Railway con pony n relinglllyhment or ls claims to tIghts of way prospecting nnlu etc on the city lands in Creek quarrying cty City CIQck canon EMIGRATION CANYON f We recommend that n sum not to exceed iOOO be expended In the develop anent ot the underground water flow In Emigration canyon PARLEYS CANYON I 6 a We recommend that the fur or SHiOOO be expended in budnb a reservoir OJ reservoirs In Parleys canyon at n place or places to bc hereafter selected t b We recommend that 3 sum noL 10 exceed lOcO be expended In the constllcUon of a pipe line for the purpose of conveying Ina satisfactory manner the watery of Parleys Canyon creek lo the farmeru entitled to receive the soma THE COTONOOIJS 7 a We recommend that tile sum or 110000 be expended In the construction construc-tion of a pipe lhie and collduit lion Utah mice on tic upper grade line tarting through the lTLsl l Jordan canal to the mouth of PIg Cottonwood canyon and for the Cihllon hy exchange O purchase of water from Big Cottonwood 1 Ve recommend that the Bum or 3 irOOO be expendod In building a conduIt con-duIt flom Rig Cottonwood creek to Salt Lake City fothe purpolc 01 convoying Inlu the city such water as may be secured hy pUche exchange or otherwise c We rcommcnd that time suns Of fOOUO he expended for the purpose uf q quhllg and Improving reservoir sites In Dig and Little Cottonwood canyons HESEnVOTRSlES S We recommend that the city acquire by ocftfo purchase or condemnation condemna-tion all the available reservoir odes In the various canyons ot the valley and also that the proper tlngs bl made by the city on al llle surplusraters of the aley stcalns l 1CK AND CEM2NI CONDUIT 0 We recommend that 0 nuns not to cceed iOOOO be expenletlin the construction con-struction of a brick and cement conduit to receive the witers of thc Jordan Hnr Salt Lake City canal In the eastern and northern pnrtsoJ tie city and to COIV < J tile same to the terminus of he canal VTEn IETEHS 10 Ve recommend that 110 general system or meters bc installed but that the use of this method of measlnb watcr be confined to manufacturing plouls business blocks and other larECuscrso water SUPERINTENDENT OF 1V ATEJWORKS 11 Ve recommendthat the Superintendent o Waterworka he requested to ese calal and river water whenever possible for sprinkling purposes SYNOPSIS OF PnOPO ED EXPENDITURES 2 Repairing pipes and millns tOOOOOO 3 a Developing artesian Wells in Liberty purl 300000 b Pumplnrplnnt in Liberty parI 5000000 c Slnllllartesan wells along Jordan Rlycr C Salt Lake Canal 500000 1 a Developing springs and streams In City creek 500000 b Little Valley rcservoi 1000000 i Emigration canyon underground water dote 500000 G n nC Clolrs In Parleys canyon 15000000 b Pipe lime from Parleys canyon 1000000 7 n Cottonwood unter 111 nlW canal l liOOOOOO b Conduit from BIg Cottonwood 2 500000 c CferYOlr sites and improvements In the Cottonwoods 000000 OOOOOO 8 Brick and cement conduit Total expenditure Iecommendel 11100000 These figures are necessarily estimated but they have been made after the molt thorough hncstga tOI possible I and meet with the approval of the City Engineer Indced It Is the Judgment of other competent engineers whose opln lt8 have beengllcn ll the request of your committee that If the contemplated work shall be conducted with h solnble care the actual cost twill be materially less than estimated I 19 however the opInion of OUI commitee that If the general plan 1rlely outlne above shaH be adopted and pushed to completion In t colstont and intelligent manner there will necessamlly be many mo lfcations and perhaps cn I ktrgencuts the Necessity for which will be demonstrated sulfa the passinG of I the years and the progress of the work |
