Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-16 | Page 2 | Artesian Water Plan Criticized at C. of C. Meet

ARTESIAN ARISIAN W WATER AlfR jt PlA T TAT j jAT AT C. C C. C MEET I Underground Sup Supply Iy wilf l N Not pt Be Sufficient l P Peterson ete son S Says aya I to j The proposal to augment Salt 1 Lakes Lake's water supply from Irom underground underground under under- ground sources wa was discouraged cd r Monday b by Dr William Peterson o director of ot tho the U. U A. A C. C extension s service Ii In ht a report to a 11 j Joint meetIng meeting meeting meet meet- ing of ot the tho engineering council and nd f the mun municipal water supply committee com corn 1 of the chamber o of commerce Dr Peterson a member of Mayor Mayo Bowmans Bowman's advisory commission de declared de- de I dared that the underground supply of ot water suitable culinary use IK is limited d anti and that Its utilization might run the tho city cily into many legal dif From lorom our investigation he de dc- dared it would appear that the 1 city might get R a a supply of ot from five to six second feet th the year around If H tho thio supply Is Used In emergencies the city might realize a- a a supply of ot about twenty second feet leet for a a. three months The I pumping cost would be from rom 5 G to S Scents S. S cents per acre toot loot per foot toot ot of raise That means It would cost from- from 5 S to 8 to raise an acre acro foot feet a n rather high higl price Dr Peterson described the formation forma fornia- tion of or the valley aUe and pointed out out- the danger danser of ot assuming t that at the tbs present underground supply is an aw Indication of or the permanent supply If It large amounts of water were taken out he added the underground underground under under- ground reservoirs would be bc reduced re f fI I and perhaps depleted Ho JIo cited records tic rec of at wells welts to show this tendency and to chow how that new flew wells re reduce uce 1 the tho flow of or existing one ones William R. R Wallace of or tho the Utah Oil Refining com company pan corroborated this information with tho the statement that that hi his hl company drilled a 1 number of or wells and rind so reduced the flow of existing ones that they were com compelled corn com to bu buy buyout out the thc other interests 1 7 i