Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-02-17 | Page 13 | Water Official Suggests Garden Study

Water Official Suggests Garden Study Warning that the Salt Sat Lake City water distribution system cannot withstand any increased demands H. H K Burton superintendent of the water department recommended recommended recommended mended to city commissioners Wednesday that a survey be made of potential victory gardens that could be supplied by canal sources The letter from Mr Burton was filed by commissioners who in indorsed indorsed indorsed in- in his proposal in an informal discussion T The h e superintendent warned in in effect against wholesale wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale planting of vacant lots to victory victory vic vie tory gardens There has been a great deal of publicity in regard to the citizens of Salt Lake City planting victory gardens with the idea of ot groups utilizing vacant lots for this purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose the letter sa saLd d. d The distribution system within the city will not supply supply- any in increase increase increase in- in crease for irrigation With t the h e greatly increased demand for Water water wa wa- ter for defense plants and army It is going to be a very serious problem for the water department to furnish water this coming sea sea- son Even Even with an abundant supply supply supply sup sup- I ply of water from our canyon streams and wells there is a bottleneck bottleneck bot bot- of transporting this water wate through h the present system of dis dis- dis- dis In the southeastern section of the city there is an area west of the Jordan and Salt Lake canal extending north to Seventeenth South street in which there are a great many vacant lots which can be supplied with irrigation water from the canal S