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Show City water operations unfair Dear Editor: At the time Alvin Kay was serving as Mayor of Vernal City, I was called to act as a member of a board of five, for the purpose of planning a Valley-Wide Water and Sewer program. After attending three or four meetings, I found the discussions centered around sewer with no mention of water. Noting this, I reported to the people I was representing. From this meeting, the Valley-Wide Water and Sewer District was formed. There has been a problem between Vernal City and Valley-Wide Water and Sewer District for approximately six years and until greed and selfishness can be eradicated and the needs of the people come first in our planning these problems will never be solved. Are our problems any different in our little valley than the problems we have in the world today? Let's call the Sewage disposal area, owned by the Valley-Wide Water and Sewer District, the Shah. Let's call the Water System the Hostages, being held by Vernal City. Ci-ty. We can't give up trie Shah until the hostages are released. What will happen? hap-pen? How can we expect nations to find solutions to their problems if we can't find solutions to problems in one little valley? In 1972 I built a water line to my property in order to have water for our home and stock. I built 1''4 miles of 4 inch pipe and 1 i mile of 2 inch pipe, at a cost of $12,000. The city took control the line and paid me $350 per connections con-nections as the hookups were sold until the $12,000 was paid. This was over a period of about four years, interest free. The line was consumed by the public and today there are 63 hookups on this line, sold at the cost of $1,000 per hookup. There has never been a leak or break or upkeep expense whatsoever. Also each water connection is being charged double the city rate every month. Consider the tremendous profit that has been made by the city on this one little line. There are many like it in the valley. Isn't it obvious to all why County citizens feel the city is taking a free ride at their expense? Hyrum Slaugh 2175 E. 5000 S. |
