Show IC County Area Se Seepage page Branded Health Peril I The sewage situation in the Veterans Heights and Lakeview Heights areas of oC Salt Lake County Coun Coun- ty is a definite menace to health and must not be he allowed to continue continue continue con con- indefinitely Dr George A. A State Health Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- said Tuesday after an inspection inspection inspection in in- of the area Excessive underground water relatively close to the surface prevents adequate drainage from septic tanks which form the only i means of disposing of wastes from homes in the area which have been built since the war Representatives of property owners were told by Dr Spend Spend- love and other state and county health officials who made the inspection inspection inspection in in- that a sewage disposal system is the only answer to the problem This would e eliminate l I i m i n a ate t e the health hazard and also would drain off part of the excessive ground water although it would not eliminate this problem alto alto- gether The health officials said residents residents residents resi resi- dents of the area have one of oC two alternatives either alternatives either seek annexation annexation tion to Salt Lake City and a connection connection connection con con- with the city sewer or revive revive revive re re- re- re vive the proposed project for building a sewage system which would take care of all the populous pop- pop ulous area of the county southeast southeast south south- east df Salt Lake City Dr said the State Health Department is willing walling to act in an advisory capacity to the residents but has no authority to initiate a sewage project If annexation annexation annexation an an- is decided upon as the best method for this particular area to solve its difficulties residents residents residents resi resi- dents must petition the City Commission to take it in If the county sewer project is revived it will have to be done upon petition petition petition peti peti- tion of the residents and carried on with cooperation of the County Coun Coun- ty Commission Jack Barratt 2839 Wainwright Rd and Andy Panos 2386 E. E 2880 South said the County Commission CommissIon Commission Com Com- mission had promised to have an engineering survey made of the area It also will be necessary to determine if city sewage mains near the area are large enough to handle the extra load Those in the inspection party saw a number of instances in which ground water is seeping into basements of homes necessitating necessitating necessitating continual pumping to remove remove remove re re- re- re move it In other places effluent from septic tanks is running in open ditches Newell Pickett sanitarian for forthe forthe forthe the State Health Department said that in some parts of the area faulty installation of septic septie tanks is adding to the difficulties He said the State Health Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment had offered its Us services in 4 designing proper disposal systems systems systems when the houses were being being being be be- ing built |