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Show Sets' Op V? Ieirve V, ffor S.iS J Assures Ciiy Supply For 20 Yczrs .. . -!'' r - ' . , By M ntspatrlck A reserve of 35,000 acre feat of Dear ereek water will be set arid annually for Salt Lake City, the board of directors of the metro, . polltan water district agreed Moa The proposal was contained ta a 16-page report submitted by FUher Harris, general oounael for the district. dis-trict. The report was approved unanimously at a noon luncheon . . meeting In the Alta club, 100 K. South Temple. . According to Mr. Harris, the amount' will assure a plentiful water supply for the eity for the next M ysaia even In extreme drouth yean. The waisr win be available to the city, as Beaded.' to augment present surf see sup- . plies (creeks) snd will make It unnecessary to draw upon preetoua wells. He pointed out that plans are already under way to secure eddi. tional sources which will sssure sa abundance of water up to the year 3070. ;. - BoM Shares As a stockholder of 4.Bi of the shares of the Prove River Water Users Assa, the metropolitan metropoli-tan water district Is entitled to 4,500 acre feet of the Deer ereek project's annual yield ef 100.000 acre feet, Mr. Hsrrts explained. .. The figure ef 15.000 for Bait ? . Lake City was arrived st after a study of estimated population Increases In-creases together with an enalyiis of future water aeeda by the city water department "We have used maximum figures in our estimates In order to allow fas' the largest possible water consumption?" he said. How much win the Peer ereek ' water cost the eitvT In nothing. Mr. Harris to--' "1 t -t the euy turn or t i r t the amount of nnmy it -v -a year throurh nonoperauon ef lis pumping facilities, - liia Mm J SALT LM'-EOTY J ; :r-: j--y " ' y Mnn fhnrti Dear Creak Wotar Artai Map showing areas which may be served by Deer ereek water. Salt Lake aqueduct la shown by heavy Baa at right. White dots at Mae are Ituraeat points. The shaded area la Sari Lake City. Arses bordered by wavy Uses bedleato made for which water already has beea aeked, In IMS, the city spent more than $40,000 In pumping water from wells. "When Deer creek water becomes svailsbls," he said, "we only ask that ths city turn over to the district that money It would have spent on pumping tf ths Deer creek supply had not been available. In this way, the city not only gets a new water supply : with no additional expense but It also preserves its well supply." (Mayor Earl J. Glads said: "I cannot asa why wa (the city) should turn over that money to the metrooplltan wster district. Ths city hss to bear the cost ef repayment of the project, anyway. I think the money should be kept for the interest of ths city taxpayers" tax-payers" He pointed out, however, that the matter had not yet been formally brought before him and if it were that It would be studied by the city commission ss a whole., (Commissioner L. C. Romnsy refused re-fused comment until the commission commis-sion hss the opportunity to discuss the proposal, other commission-: era were not immediately available -for comment.) With this water avallsble to the Seepages, Ou.uami Valer Supply Sel Up for S. L. Coattaoed from Pag On city, th district still has 21.500 sere feet remaining. This wiD be sold to areas in Salt Lake county oa a permanent basis for Industrial, Indus-trial, domestic and Irrigation purposes, pur-poses, th report stated. Eventually, these salsa will be sufficient to pay off th district's annual obligations to the federal government, which is building th project - - Big Demand At first however, this will not be possible. Although there Is a "terrific" demand for the water, few of th would-be consumers have the necessary facilities for receiving or distributing It Therefore, There-fore, several years msy elapse before be-fore th entire annual supply can be disposed of. In the interim, the "only possible pos-sible way" to meet th district's obligations is by taxation, Mr. Harris said. It is doubtful thst th dry win use 11 of tha 15,000 acre feet reserve re-serve during any of the next SO years, according to th report Th excess can be sold on a year-to- As for th cost of th entire project Mr. Harris report stated ' the following: Construction of th Deer creek division will finally cost Sl&STT,. 888. Holding t.6 of th stock, ths metropolitan water district's here of th obligation will be S7.28S.M7.B2, payable over 80-year 80-year period. Total Cost Total cost of construction of ths Salt Lake aqueduct which la to be completed next fall, will be (12,-383,30. (12,-383,30. This entire amount is chargeable to the metropolitan water district payable over a 65-year 65-year period. Therefore, th district's total obligation ob-ligation will be $1.M.67.2. Th maximum annual payment due the government by th district during th first 18 years of th project s operation will be 8483.544.40. Th actual amount that will have to be obtained through taxation cannot be determined until it la known how much water can be sold during th first few years of th operation of th project. Oaa Now Pis cast ' "However, adoption of this report re-port makes It poaatbl for us to go ahead and deal with thee prospective consumers," Mr. Harris Har-ris said. "Previously, w did hot know bow muck water wa could promise to buyers outatd of th city, but now wa can proceed with arrangements to sell a specific spe-cific amount to any parti that want If Board members pointed out that this project la "only the beginning" begin-ning" of their work. "W are charged with th responsibility of providing adequate water for th population of th metropolitan water district both now and In the future," Oetorge W, Snyder, chairman, chair-man, said. "This la only ths first step." . Other board members Include Blair Richardson, S. A. Kennedy, J. A. Nelson and D. A. Affleck, ex officio member as Salt Lake City water commissioner. |