Show Engineer J f iff w x J y Yr WM fi 35 IP I Mr Li ty WA I I K ol Charles B. B Burdick Will Make Water Survey WATER SURVEY EXPERT COMES GOMES TO SPEED WORK Deer Creek Project Is Due for Decision in Short Time Preparation of ot a comprehensive program program to assure Salt Lake City adequate water for its present and future needs gained impetus Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- with arrival of ot Charles lB B. B Burdick Chicago engineer to survey survey sur Bur vey available water supplies Mr Burdick wilf spend two weeks gathering data before returning to Chicago to prepare preparo a formal report for lor the tho Salt Lake City metropolitan water board It will be he three m months before this report is com corn This docs does not mean that definite decision on the tho city's participation in the Deer creek project will be delayed three months Hampton C. C Godbe executive secretary of ot the metropolitan water board reported after alter a brief conference with Mr Burdick Expect Early Decision A special subcommittee is pressIng pressing press press- ing lag its study of ot the Deer Dear creek project to a conclusion and since Mr Burdick will be available for conferences with the tho board members members mem morn bers it is possible that final decision decision decision de de- de- de on Deer creek may be reached at any time Mr Godbe said Mr Burdick insisted he is coming into this area completely ed as to the relative merits of the various water supplies the city might arrange to acquire reMy re My concern is to determine what water sufficient to provide not only for present but for future water needs as well can be developed an and delivered at the least possible cos costo cost to taxpayers Mr Burdick said During his stay here hero Mr Burdick will gather all possible data on Deer creek present water storage facilities facilities facilities ties in the mountains Silver King tunnel tunner water of Utah lake the artesi artesian n basin well drilling on the Argenta damsite in Big Cottonwood canyon and Beaver pond in Little Cottonwood canyon To Check on Needs He will also examine the city distrIbution distribution dis dis- dis- dis system In regions such as this one where rainfall is scarce it is important important important im im- im- im that cities take immediate steps to provide water for lor their anticipated an an- n- n future growth since the available water is fast being appropriated appropriated Mr Burdick said Since the water problem already has been extensively studied here a tremendous amount of 01 data has ha been compiled so my study will be that much easier My objective 1 Is Isto Isto to work out a report showing how much additional water is needed where it can be bo obtained and a at what cost The engineering firm of 01 which Mr Burdick is a member recent recently completed a water survey for tor Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver Colo Cob For the last ten years i ihas it has been water consultant for Louisville Louis Louis- yule ville Ky and has also worked ou out water reports for Cleveland Ohio and Oakland and eight other East bay cities clUes of ot California |