| Show Water Proposal 3rd Phase Includes Major Items of Cost Moab voters November 7 1 will be asked to approve a water development storage and distribution system costing over thousand It is the major cost portion of the bond proposal and undoubtedly the most critical What is proposed is the third step in a water development program envisioned and engineered beginning in 1957 and compete complete com corn pete now through the second phase The first and second steps have been discussed In a previous pre pro article They involve a project completed in 1959 that provided provided provided pro pro- vided additional water supply and storage The project met the immediate needs fo to the city and through the Improved storage gave an on additional benefit in lower fire Insurance rates The long range program had as an its second step the full tull utilization of of the Springs source north of Moab This was accomplished by the Installation of an adequate pumping system tem tern and the erection of a thousand gallon storage tank adjoining the site Step two in the plan was completed in July of 1961 Water demand at that date however had unexpectedly Increased to toa toa toa a point where it exceeded the gain made The third step and the biggest municipal development to Jogo go Jo gogo gogo go before the voters in Moab's history was not anticipated this early Steps one and two were completed on an expected ache dule dale Three became necessary with population growth accelerated accelerated by the actual development of of the areas area's potash reserves The step called for the full utilization of the potential supply sup ply in the former fonner Somerville Ranch area More specifically Spring Three at the water source was to be developed to its maximum capacity and conveyed to the city mains To efficiently efficient efficient- ly utilize this additional supply an additional one million gallon storage tank would be needed to permit storage of water during the peak off hours of use QUESTION What do we get for fo our money In the way Of f more water In terms of development of new water supply the portion of the project devoted to Spring Three utilization is probably the most satisfying of the entire proposal An estimated flow of more than gallons per minute Is the expected yield from the new source That by comparison with developments on Spring Two is a conservative estimate Spring Two developed and added to the city supply during the first step in the program was upped In flow from gallons per minute to gallons per minute t The new source is regarded as potentially much larger and currently equal to Spring Two In its undeveloped state The reasons given for the greater potential and obvious through observation observation ob ob- ob are that the area to be developed is much larger and more snore centrally located in relation to the total water source The spring will be cleaned out bedded with gravel in which one main line and eleven collecting lines lines' will be placed There will be as in the case of Spring Two an immediate increase Inthe in inthe inthe the yield with the start of development as spring flow efficiently is stimulated by excavation The excavation win go t to td the water bearing rock Wl When en completed clean gravel and collection lines Unes in place the spring will be covered with compacted day clay and a hard surface Below the spring a concrete gathering box will be constructed constructed constructed con con- to receive the water Water from Spring Two can also 1 be introduced by means of an foot ten inch line to be laid I as part of the project The connecting line would permit any future development that might be undertaken at the water source to flow Into an existing ten inch line to the city The Theline Theline line runs through several potential sources that cannot be utilized now as the ten inch line Une is at capacity The connecting link Is an additional precaution against one of the lines to the city being broken v Total cost of this portion of the water project is estimated at The estimate should be close as development of this type has been done in the same area previously QUESTION Why go all the way to Somerville Ranch when we obviously are sitting right on water that can can be available from wells What about the wells the city now owns own There is definitely merit in the argument that water is closer at hand band geologists say Exploration has not been complete com corn for potential water underlying the city In the one drilling attempt below Mountainview subdivision a pilot well weil showed contamination in five out of five samples It also showed sulphates of parts per million as compared to an allowable parts per million Admittedly this Is not the entire story just one well wen attempt On the other hand geologists say there Is obvious water at Somerville Ranch It has been purchased by the city in the past The ranch rancha a total of acres including cattle grazing permits and water cost Cattle permits and acres have since been sold making the net cost of the water and acres retained to protect the water The average cost of a second foot of water in hi the west in 1956 was estimated at Moab has for its investment one and a quarter second feet flowing from that source now and another second foot showing without development plus other potential This water has bas one extremely desir desirable ble trait Once capital is expended for its development and transmission it costs no nomore nomore nomore more and is not subject to power failure It is gravity flow of fresh pure water emanating from an area that is more easily protected from contamination than any city In-city source scirce The city would of course be pumping only three months of the year with wells assuming that our water needs remain stable They have not remained stable As to the present wells the largest of which cost over 45 thousand they can ean be maintained on a standby basis Not only are they of Importance in event of a major tire fire but they co could coull iIii again be called on to supplement the current water supply if the need again exceeds the flowing supply The projected sixteen Inch pipeline to carry the new water to Moab is the biggest cost item in the water issue It became necessary when the present ten inch line reached capacity The ten inch line now brings water waler from the numbers one and two springs The line will Join the collection box at the row new spring cross Pack Creek under the creek bed opposite the former Somerville ranch house and follow the old city park road to a point near Plateau Trailer Park Parke It will cross to the west side of the valley along Holyoak Lane then turn north following US U.S. Highway northward to near Millers Miller's Supermarket Crossing Grossing the 1 highway at that point the line wilt will climb feet above l sub suI division to a on one million gallon storage tank that is also part of ot the project The difference In elevation between the spring and the tank will be feet A single line wW wU run into the tank The single line will serve however as entry and exit by a system Pressure will allow water to flow in when the tank is s down and out out when it is full QUESTION Why didn't we ws build build a flow line capable of carrying car tying Olg more water wat that the existing ten Inch line in Instead of waiting until now and building an 11 entirely new nsw line The ten inch line was built with federal help prior to the acquisition of the main Somerville ranch water sources Moab toab City owned only gallons per minute in the area at that time The Federal government could not project the need for fora a larger line those conditions although they were In Jn agreement agreement agree agree- ment that that area Ufa offered the logical sou source e of water for Moab QUESTION Why not build the storage tank In the upper valley to serve wv new now building there the or why build another noth tank at all To build the tank in the upper vall valley is to eliminate some efficiency Any break in the line would leave one million gallons gal Jams Inns of water useless ueless to the cit city In thu tha more mere centrally located site it re remains available It will wUl have the additional affect of equalizing water pressures throughout the city Additional storage is necessary The she need for increased fire r pro protection rote plus th the T fact tact th that t pe peak demands or tor culinary use Continued on Page ag 10 T f Water Proposal Continued from Pale Page 1 must hi be he met In addition to the average dally iy use We The peak rate of use is double the average rate Indicating that during peak use any additional water for fot fires would have to come from storage Studies Just Juit completed of water use ule TIns THIS SUMMER Indicate Indi cafe cate we can bear less Jess than two days day of use we comparable to June of this year when water was drained for culinary use at a rate tate of gallons per hour With full tanks to start tart on we would be out of storage by 1030 am a.m. the following day or about 29 hours later With store storage a depleted we can meet by direct flow only half hal of the average remand demand and close to one third of the peak demand The distribution system is the second major cost Item at thousand Space doesn't permit a breakdown of where Improvements Im and additions are needed this week However it can be explained in terms of an overdue household bill The Te Ine city has never been able to fully utilize all the water pressure 01 or even the desired amount developed during the Step One 1959 project Many old distribution lines within the City are inadequate Inadequate Inadequate quate to support the greater pressures which should be available Areas of new growth must also be served with lines of adequate size It Is a need that is not new but one deferred because It could be deferred and financing wa not available Summarizing the project step three In the overall plan to provide an adequate water and storage system is divided Into four parts One Spring No Three development Two pipeline for conveyance Three increased storage facility faculty and Four distribution improvements Total construction cost for the project Is ts Land and way right contingencies and engineering legal and adminIstrative administrative ad ad- added the total Cost to be presented is Two questions have been asked since the above material was compiled complied QUESTION Why art are engineering costs com and oth others ex- ex x- x of actual construction so 0 high Engineering costs according to the City Offices are predicated predIcated pre pre- on the fair fee schedules fo the Intermountain Society of Consulting Engineers and the National Society of Consulting Engineers They call for six per pet cent of or the total construction cost cost nn an approximate thousand for water sewage and other Improvements The financing for the engineering that was started four years ago Us through the J IFA by Interest free loan lonn If the project project pro pro- is never built the loan Joan Is not repayable If built Itis repayable repay repay- repayable able in proportion to the amount of the project that is 15 con con- The engineering costs are thus supervised by the Federal agency QUESTION QUESTIONs Why take tako th the big line lino bringing the tho water to the tho city entirely away w y from th the developed part of the city If IYe longer Water lines are like power lines Jines in that It is not desirable or practical to tap high pressure or high voltage lines especially for far single patron use To tap that line means reducing the pressure pressure pres pres- sure at every connection on It To avoid this problem radial lines are built into the users from from the main pressure line and connections are made from the secondary line The number of pressure reducers applied to the main line Is subsequently reduced to the number of service lines needed instead of the number of Individual users us Next week Space problems postpone a of how to pay for the project A map of the project as outlined in pre pre- prelIminary engineering and graphic illustrations of 1961 water use to 1961 water supply Also anticipated water use in 1962 as compared to supply |
