| Show Water Proposal Project Aims at of atTo Solution To Two Problems The municipal bond Issue to tobe tobe tobe be considered by Moab voters on November 7 is to provide n a solution to the problems of ol storage and supply graphically illustrated below What the solution solution so so- lution will permit Is projected in th second graph Graph No 1 represents the situation that we faced during the summer of 1961 Our constant constant con con- stant supply represented by bythe bythe bythe the straight line was gallons gallons gallons gal gal- lons of water per hour This was with all springs and all wells producing water The summer demand ranged from a low of to gallons per hour On a June day our consumption totalled Here Is what that situation did to our system Beginning with full storage tanks at am a.m. we met the demand by drawing over over thousand It gallons lons of water from I storage to supplement the constant constant constant con con- stant flowing supply By the following morning we were reduced to thousand gallons of stored water and the flowing supply By 1030 that same morning we had entirely depleted our storage and had only the flowing supply of 78 thousand gallons to meet a demand demand demand de de- de- de mand that would reach as high as thousand gallons during durIng during dur dur- ing the daylight hours The demand figures thus became became became be be- came as they could only be equal to the flowing supply Only half the normal demand could be met and only one third the peak demand 1 Fire fighting facilities facilities' in such a condition are limited if not non existent 4 The third day would have recouped overnight only gallons By am a.m. we would he be back to direct direct flow supply Basically stated the present water system can stand only one day of peak demand such as we encounter In June A second successive day would would- and in fact did result in ra ra- ra- ra Compounding the problem problem problem pro pro- blem it takes as much as two weeks to recover our storage I if cooler weather or rains per- per mit nIt June 1961 and June 1960 yielded no no rain June 1962 Projected the solution as provided by the proposed bond issue and subsequent project is illustrated in the second I graph I In the summer 1962 the demand demand demand de de- de- de mand will be up That Is known from the increases In water connections and new homes already al already already al- al ready constructed or made The consumption will likely range from a low of to a high of gallons per hour How Ilow will wUI it be met Constant supply will be bolstered bolstered bolstered bols bols- by the project to gallons per hour The first day of maximum use will be commenced commenced commenced com com- with an extra million gallons of stored water in the new tank During the first day at no notime notime notime time will our storage be depleted depleted depleted de de- below a n million and a half gallons and our net reduction reduction tion Ion will wUl be only gal gal- Ions lons The reservoir with increased Increased increased In in- creased flowing supply will be Continued on Page 6 WATER CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION- MAXIMUM DAY WATER CONSUMPTION MAXIMUM CONSUMPTION MAXIMUM DAY MOAB UTAH 1961 61 1962 62 w Po e R. 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I 1 I iQ u 11 1 i a T e u Ii IiI e TIM TIt TIe Dr Df Ml Der TIPS TIM Of OP MV DAY Water Vater sup supply y and demand June 1961 is demonstrated by Graph I show showIng showing Ing the drain that must be placed on storage durin during durina heavy use Graph II is a projection tion of the supply demand-supply ratio for June 1962 if voters apI approve approve ap ap- I prove a November 7 1 bond issue sowing showing the ability to meet the demand Water a I Continued from Pg Pig t H I nearly replenished each hight even during maximum use It would require nine consecutive consecutive con con- days of peak Use to exhaust the reserve Such a demand Is Unlikely Three consecutive con cons days daya have been encountered en ens countered but they are rare Based on the present population population tion the completion of this project prod pro ro- ro sect would mean adequate ser vice to Moab And at no time Ume would our out fIt fir fire department be handicapped by a lack of wa was ter All AU of the above Is Ls based on present conditions In th the introduction in of this water series that was an assurance this newspaper gave the public I Past that point if it po U a. a lIon tion a should l' l reach ach w we would revert to the situation portrayed in graph one with one e exception A JoW ow cost rost pros pro proJect ro- ro sect jeet involving only the th development development devel dovel of known water reserve re reo serve sel at the upper end of th the jest would meet the Increase would meet the in population |
