Show Salt Lake Must Have More Water Shirley Jones Says Editors Editor's note This note This Is Ii another In a series of articles on the metropolitan metro metro- politan water wata district election August 15 and the Deer Deet C ek Today's Today was written by Shirley I p. p Jones former city attorney and present member of the cU city water advisory committee Others will appear from time to time By SHIRLEY P. P JONES It has been definitely shown over the tho last year 25 period that Salt Lake City must have new and more water both for and future g growth row t h. h The question is not even open to I dispute The Deer creek project is the best i source that is 1 F v feasible and arid eco eco- Cheap e a p j f j f money Is available available avail avail- able but must be utilized without delay If we let the undertaking go go by future Water water water wa wa- ter supplies will cost more and we Mr 1 Jones Jon will not be able to oget get water as expeditiously ex- ex and in such quantities The Deer cree creek project is the best and cheapest way to get this water I am firmly convinced The Tho water advisory committee discussed d the project over a period of oC months heard engineers' engineers reports and obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed all available information It then voted voled unanimously to recommend recommend recommend mend that our citizens approve the project There is no doubt in my mind that the water proposed to be impounded impounded impounded im im- im- im pounded by the project will be avail avail- able This phase has bas been ch checked and rechecked by the best engineers both those reta retained ned by the government government government govern govern- ment and disinterested ones and as asfar asfar asfar far as physically possible the fact water will be available a has been es es- es Work has been done on obtaining rights to various sources of or supply and backers of f the tho project have been advised these matters largely have been cleared Forming a metropolitan water district is the proper way to go into the project now that the state law permitting such districts has been passed upon by the Utah sUpreme supreme supreme su sU- su- su preme court and upheld If IC Salt Lake City could not form forma a metropolitan water district for forthe tho the use of this water there would be bo a n. question whether the city could obtain the water and hold it or use it as It sees fit Otherwise it might be forced to put it all aU to Immediate immediate im Im- Irn- Irn mediate use without regard to fu future future fu- fu ture Lure growth Under the metropolitan itan han act the city cily will be bo able ablo to have the water available at all aU times both for present and future needs |