Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-26 | Page 2 | Mud in Plenty in Water Mains

iiShaiis Cloudburst in Parley's Canyon Was Cause of Very Thick Wafer. BIG THIRTEENTH EAST RESERVOIR SHUT OEF Big Slide of Earth and Underbrush Under-brush Clogged Up Reservoir Res-ervoir in Canyon. There was a veritable cloudburst In Parley's Par-ley's canyon Thursday night, and In consequence con-sequence tho water In the lower district of tho city wna of tho consistency of good, tl Ick mud yesterday. The heavy downpour down-pour brought with It Into the creek a big slldo of earth and a lot of underbrush, clogging up tho reservoir In tho canyon to such an extent- that It will requlro thrco days' work to clean It out. Mud in the Mains. So much muddy water was coming through tho mains that Superintendent Illrtes shut off tho Thirteenth East reservoir, reser-voir, allowing tho water .to collect and settle In thcro, whlfo feeding ttto system from other sources. A head of moro than fourteen feet was thus gotten In the resorvolr, whllo tho water coming from Parley's was partially clarified. Tho water wa-ter from tho Thirteenth East reservoir will bo turned In again as soon as it has nufflclentlv settled. Relieves "Water Situation. Tho cloudburst will relievo tho water situation temporarily, but tho water department de-partment and tho City Englnoor's offlco aro working on plans to lticreaso tho supply, sup-ply, If possible, within tho next fow weeks. A party will go today to Emigration Emigra-tion canyon to look Into tho matter of tapping tho big sump thoro at a lower point, and Uiub release what It Is believed be-lieved will amount to l.EOO.WO gallons a day. This plan was recommended by Superintendent Illncs last spring, but was never acted upon. Tho aump Is now lapped cloven foot above Its bottom. To tap It at tho lowest point will requlro tho laying of about ISO feet of pipe. This, It Is bolleved, will savo the seopago that now goes between tho several strata of rocks and perhaps Hows Into tho artesian wells Jn tho lower part of tho city. Artesian Well Proposition. Engineer Bason, who is In chargo of tho water extension plnns, has been making mak-ing somo Investigations regarding tho artesian ar-tesian well proposition. IIo hnd measurements measure-ments taken yesterday which showed a flow of 1.000.0t)0 gallons a day from tho wells In tho vicinity of Liberty park. Ho will have tests mado of the water, as to Its purity, and then ho will bo In a position posi-tion to formulate somo plan for utilizing tho water and turn It Into tho mains. This, however, would require tlmo, ho snvs. and ho Is devoting his attontlon lo thb Emigration plan, with tho vlow of an early Increase.