Show First Steps Taken I Master Sewage Plan I Urged for County By Roy RoO Robinson The need of an over all sewage disposal system in Salt Lake County generally is accepted The question is how can a long- long range program be accomplished at minimum cost and maximum benefit The answer is a master plan designed for the entire county in the opinion of George H. H county planning tor A step in that direction already has been taken A subcommittee has been appointed by the County Planning with that object Editors Editor's note This is the thelast thelast thelast last of a two part series on Salt Lake County sewage disposal problems in mind They will confer with representatives of the various communities with the view of coordinating a program The planning association is a representative group formed recently recently re re- re to plan a comprehensive road sewage and water eater program The group is headed by Ray P P. P Greenwood chairman of oC the board of county commissioners Other members are arc J. J Cl Clifford Hansen mayor of Murray Henry Beckstead mayor of Midvale 1 I A. A R R. i Draper vice I chairman of the County Planning I Commission and Mr I I The master plan seeks to correlate corI correlate cor cor- relate the work on sewer planning planning plan plan- I ning already done in the various populated areas In addition it would show the general location of major trunk lines and treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment plants The second step in the program program pro pro- gram will be taken after the basic survey has been completed by the subcommittee appointed for that purpose That will be an engineering study to coordinate existing programs The third step will be up to the property owners in districts that need and desire a sewage disposal system Actual construction of such facilities facilities fa fa- fa is dependent on the taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers tax tax- payers affected Mr pointed out cut The basic problem in drafting the master plan is determining the location of collection systems and treatment plants so they will See Sec Pa Page e 2 2 Columns Column 2 SEWER Continued from rom Page C One most effectively serve the thc largest largest larg lug est cst possible areas For instance should the thickly populated southeast section build its own facilities or should it join loin with Salt Lake City's plans for or an enlarged enlarged en en- and modern system That Thai problem is multiplied throughout through through- out the county I Much of oC the work entailed in such an undertaking undertaking- already has I been done according to Mr 11 Salt Sail Lake City Cily has taken action to modernize its system with wilh a treatment plant and collection system costing an estimated 6 Plans Drawn Plans have been drawn for a modern system that is designed I to serve sene a large unincorporated area in the southern part of the thc I county This project which had I reached a stage preliminary to actual construction was ryas abandoned abandoned aban aban- I when protested by a majority ma ma-i of property owners af af- j Murray l and Midvale 1 also are arc I planning expansion and modern modernization J i. i of oC their present systems stems I Preliminary studies have been made of the Riverton South Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan daft and Jordan iordan areas Magna lagna and Kearns have sewer systems Roy W W. l Salt Lake City engineer says that municipality's municipality's proposed collection system system tem tern will be planned with an eye to cooperative use of oC adjacent areas He lie believes the county should move to lo take lake care of fringe areas arens so they could be included included included in in- in the planning of other towns and cities to lo prevent over over- I lapping Mayor Hansen who is chairman chaIrman chairman chair chaIr- man of the subcommittee for the I master masler plan is of the opinion that metropolitan a sewer district district dis dis- should be created Sooner or later the thc city cily and county will hill I merge and we should plan with that in mind he declared |