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Show Jack-Straws By Jack Wains :ems like that every year during ; December holiday season, when is hearts are supposed to be turned ioodwill to men, we have a water "-sgle. -tyear at this time Ashley Valley -fand Sewer District and Maeser District teamed together in 'ition to Vernal City and proposed their own independent systems. 'Passe developed over a $5,000,000 "'ironmental Protection Agency grant and it took until the last of ;a,7 to bring the three entities ad to sign a water agreement ?ptable to gain the necessary 'ration to qualify for the valley-' valley-' 16 sewer system grant. year problems arose between j1 City and AVW&SD over service w Village subdivision and strife . 1 wi thin the valley water district. -"ii-e ine Air village developers their own water system, they have 10 get Vernal City to take over the e"i- The city has refused. This year 'Nposal was made for the Ashley district to take over the Air .;e water system and this started a'er battle lines to form. fle of the major problems in our j.ls that many homes have been "' . "i isolated areas away from llng water lines. Eventually these . want water service. The policy .en that these areas have to build ioT water lines and pay a con" ." n fe before they can get water. 'e remote areas will never get ;. "nder this policy until they grow J1 10 get the number of con-: con-: J it takes to make a waterline M SOme PP'6 have bem .1 culinary water ever since the wide system was built by the "of Reclamation, and they think snuldhave been included. Purpose of organizing the Ashley Plev ict was t0 serve those Verna' City would not, and give . outside the city water system a t0 get water. ZeaTe water users within tne 01 w Ashley water district that feel that the district should not build new lines into outlying areas unless the developers or homeowners build their own lines and turn them over to the district. Deciding on the size of the water lines and where they should go to serve the most people was the reason for drawing up a master plan for the valley. The master plan has been drawn up but the problem is that the fringe area will have to show growth before it is feasible to build new water lines to these areas; then the question arises, the valley can't expand for growth without new water lines. And this starts off another water dispute. An even more serious problem than water is the present condition of the Vernal City sewer system. The system is inadequate and is being pushed beyond its capacity. It has been nearly a year since an agreement was signed to obtain an EPA sewer system grant for over $5 million, but still no pipe has gone into the ground for the project. We don't know how much longer the present sewer system can stand the overload, but we have been told that something must be done soon. Engineers have been working on the sewer system plan and we hope these plans can be accepted and implemented im-plemented soon. We are in favor of following the master plan for water and sewer development on a valley-wide basis with one lead organization, with representation from other areas of the valley, operating the system. Maybe this is too much to expect right now, but maybe someday we can get individual groups to work in unity. We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. We can't say for sure if this year will be a white Christmas, but we hope it finds you with an inner peace Soy for many blessings we enjoy in this land. May we have peace at home and abroad is our Christmas wish. |
