Show Fl Health H and Water I 1 PHE HE HE most r of of any water system designed t to tofe o J fe feL L t. t provide a domestic and culinary ary supply is that it of p purity w rit y Cost Cos q quantity are secondary 1 Ir J There are fo four r possible sources of water supply for Salt Lake k it ity First First- First is expansion of the present system by which water f Is s taken from froin the watershed immediately adjacent cei t to the thc city r second there IS is the Provo river supply t third rd t the c Weber river rive f Strawberry reservoir j f 1 J Str Strawberry can be quickly eliminated Its waters will wilt later late reprove rove of f immense value for irrigation purposes but they h y lack the required fo for dome domestic tic usa usage e. e Herman I I H Harms state chemists chemist e st 1 reporting P on on the quality of water in m Strawberry reservoir said Sf f 1 l am forced to tHe We conclusion that that- the water fr from m th the e Strawberry reservoir as as' as submitted to me on on August 30 1919 b by heavily Mr fr H. H H H. K Burton superintendent of city waterworks is heavily contaminated ri with organic matter and Hl therefore not safe a and d fit fi r l f culinary ulin ry and domestic pp purposes ses in tl the e condition submitted B By ByI Y all all al means the 1 e wat water ter r should shoula be beb b boiled led for at t J. J least a fifteen n. n to twenty Tm minutes tes before before same is IS use used for for general drinking a and d' d household j Uses I 1 The waters wafers of df the Weber and pr Provo vo rivers possess the ther required t rity Taken at their sources s they are arc excellent B But t to make mak e them available for fore use in this city city- it would be necessary to store them hem in m large larg e reservoirs a and d then bring th them m In in conduits conducts niah many Y r Tiles miles miles' iles' iles in length to this city While held in in reservoirs the waters I. I would become somewhat contaminated to o purify them by aeration you o ld be a costly and d difficult matter a and the he long journey through h conduits would result in int m the he ti water arriving here many degrees i 7 i armer than the supply to which the people of oJ this cit city h have y t b become come acc accustomed There is i's then fault to b be found with every t available water wafer I su supply considered from a purity standpoint except the supply to tobe tobe f S lie be be obtained from front the watershed immediately adjacent to this this' city S a alt t. t La Lake e City has been using the waier waterfront from Cottonwood Cit City creek r ek and Parleys Parley's canyon for many years and no purer water is is supplied i. i to any city in the world Enlargement of this s supply as proposed ro under the water bond issue to b be voted on Wednesday I March arch 31 11 w will ll bring to the the city Ui the same sam q quality of Yat water r agreeably agree agree- abl ably ly cold and of crystal purity r L. L I J Salt Lake City should should- have this enl enlarged supply of purel pure pur e ec water ter The people should make possible Its its c acquisition by voting for Tor the bonds v J t j |