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Show a Maeser Water Improvement " rt'(MWID) and the Ashley Valley and Sewer Improvement . 1 (AVWSID) announced their ' Son to construct a $4.7 million treatment plant at Ashley brings, Tuesday. m the same breath that the district's Airman Lyle McKeachnie, an-t an-t need the plan to jointly construct i treatment plant without Vernal r he said they were against the , ruction of the Red Fleet Aqueduct. ' , Tie aqueduct, which is nearly ready ' (J bid is the delivery arm of 6,000 acre 1 !eet of water contracted for by Vernal i nty for culinary use. It has been pro-, pro-, 1 , ithat the Central Utah Water Con-' Con-' frvancy District (CUWCD) would ' ad a treatment plant to treat Red 1 I fiKt water and other water free of 1 charge. To date, the Vernal City Coun-i Coun-i 1 has not made a decision to go with Jie CUWCD or try another avenue. McKeachnie said Maeser and the Strict oppose the construction of the U aqueduct for two reasons: the cost of 1 Jumping the water from Red Fleet Reservoir to a treatment plant near the Rod and Gun Club, and the aqueduct and treatment plant isn't high enough to take care of Maeser and the upper valley. - He also said that Ashley Springs could provide all the water necessary for the valley's future use. He said the district would block construction of the aqueduct by legal means if it came to that. The district lays claim to some of the water petitioned by Vernal from Red Fleet in that the city "petitioned for the entire valley," McKeachnie said. Russ Vernon, project engineer said that preliminary engineering is being done on the proposed treatment plant and tests by Contra Flow this spring will evaluate the type of treatment required. The two entities propose a plant to treat 10,000 gallons daily. Maeser reported that they had finished testing two of their wells which could provide enough water for all of Maeser's needs. At 465 feet the Maeser well near Remember the Maine Park, produced 307 gallons a minute, and the Hullinger well produced 495 gallons a minute with the pump at 292 feet, reported Dan Turner, MWID. Turner said the quality of water hasn't been determined in either well, but preliminary studies show it is good despite a faint iron taste. "If the well water is mixed with spring water, the iron taste will not be noticeable," Turner said. Another aspect of the Maeser-District Maeser-District agreement will be the construction con-struction of the Chocolate Rock Tank near the mouth of Ashley Canyon near the Highline canal. The tank will cost $400,000 and contain 2 million gallons of water. Originally the tank was proposed for 3 million gallons with Vernal City participating, but the city hasn't made a decision so "we're going ahead without them," McKeachine said. "We can't get a decision from them." McKeachnie mentioned that the elevation of the tank, 5,980 feet, would supply the pressure necessary to serve Maeser and the upper valley. |