Show I City Cily Airs Plans IT To 0 Pu Purify fy Via Wae fer Supply S. S L L. L Program to Cost in 52 Meters Under TesA Test Tes TestA A water purification program costing this year will soon be launched on top of a awater awater awater water metering program already j I started at a cost of nearly 90 00 a year for the next 10 years I two officials for the Salt Lake City Water Vater Department announced announced announced an an- Monday l Dow H. H Young water department department department depart depart- ment superintendent and Eldon McEntire l district engineer Monday Monday Mon lon day gave Salt Lake City com commissioners commissioners commis commis- mis-I mis a run down on what is I planned to purify Salt Lake City I drinking water The Water Tater Department was allocated allocated allocated al al- al- al located an additional this year in in its budget making a total of to be used in 1952 To Build Pipeline Plans to build a new inch 48 pipeline to connect the tailrace of the Utah Power and Light Co plant in Big Cottonwood Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon with the intake basin at the mouth of the canyon at a cost of was reported by Mr l Young The pipeline will be feet long and it will pick up the water conveyed through the power plant without mixing it with the creek water The department is now carrying carrying carrying carry carry- ing on water sample tests in the Big Cottonwood intake area sa said d Mr l McEntire 1 He lie said the department department department de de- de- de has John A. A Carroll consulting b engineer working oring on the program I Spend The department will spend spend a n year for labor and more than for meter parts he he said Tests indicate the average meter age is 17 years When meters were tested at a quarter gallon per minute they were found to be only 49 efficient he asserted At a gallon per minute they were only 73 efficient and at 12 gallons per minute only 86 efficient Mr Young outlined the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing program for improving the quality of the water this year year- Install new chlorine residual recorders at Big and Little Cottonwood Cot Cot- ton wood intake stations Install alarm equipment from chlorine house to caretakers caretaker's home to notify him if chlorine tanks arc are low or anything has gone wrong with the equipment Sanitary Patrol Establish a cooperative sanitary sanitary sani sani- I tary patrol in both canyons with the Forest Service and Salt Lake County Recreation Department Cleaning of City Creek channel as soon as weather permits An intensive sampling program of water from all springs and side streams Cleaning of Mt l Dell Reservoir in Parleys Canyon Install a chlorine residual recorder at Parleys Can Canyon on Highline Sta Sta- tion Install alarms from chlorine chlorine chlorine chlor chlor- ine house to caretakers caretaker's home to toI warn him if chlorine tanks are I low lowI I Rebuild old wooden intake structure of East Reservoir |