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Show kmm nmi rater mmh llevi flowing well comes in with unexpected capacity The biggest thing ,that has happened in Springville for a long time, economically-wise, came Tuesday, when a flowing well being dril- led by the city at about 9th East -and 4th South, to facilitate facili-tate the culinary water supply, "came in," with a flow three or four times the amount expected. ex-pected. . City Engineer John Neff said that the run of 10 cubic feet per second would be worth ten million dollars if it were in Salt Lake City, as the capitol city has estimated a cubic foot of water worth a million dollars. He described the flow as most unusual. Thrilled and excited over the prospects of an ample supply sup-ply of culinary water for the city, Mayor J. Emmett Bird said Wednesday, that application applica-tion had already been approved for another well and that the city is making application also for a third one. With another dry summer, along with the increased in-creased population and more water used by everyone, the city could have experienced an acute shortage, had not some measure been taken to increase the flow into the culinary lines, he pointed out. The well has been drilled a total of 445 feet of which there is over 200 feet of water bearing bear-ing gravel, Engineer Neff stated. stat-ed. A 16-inch casing was installed, in-stalled, perforated with some 3000 holes for the full depth of the gravel. A test pump installed to clear the water and make tests, pumping at the rate of ten cubic cu-bic feet per second, draws the water down only nine feet, to indicate a big supply of water, the engineer said. The water obtained from the (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) Springville City elated over water supply (Continued from Page One.) well is described as the very best of cold spring water comparable com-parable to that which Springville Spring-ville residents already enjoy. So large was the flow when the well came in that it was temporarily turned into three large irrigation ditches. As work on the project progresses the water will be diverted into the main line, which is only a short distance away, the mayor pointed out. It will be necessary to install a larger pump and larger pipes to take care of the unexpected increase in the flow from the well, he said. Geologists were employed to determine the site of the well and their services will also be used in the location of other drillings. |