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Show XtealmBnt Plant GUP r Dog! cotri'D-Eroi, veil lev uovers 'fo decide atf Next Tuesday voters in the Ashley , 'uey Water and Sewer Improvement nttrict (AVWSID) will have a choice whether to participate in a treatment S r'ant being built by the Central Utah v'ater Conservancy District or to bond j $2.5 million and build their own. The election was called because of i,e inability of the five-member iVWSID board to make a decision on ',. treatment plant issue. Two board embers support the CUWCD treatment plant, two are for building their own and one board member cbstains. In support of the participation with - the Central Utah Water Conservancy District Treatment plant, Larry Hacking, AVWSID board member said, I've been over it and over it, and I can pot iustifv spending money for a treatment plant, when we have so many other needs in the valley." Central Utah, which has already entered into an agreement with Vernal City for a treatment plant at Doc's Beach, north of Vernal, builds treatment plants within it boundaries to market project water with funds generated in it's construction reserve fund. According to Carl Carpenter, CUWCD engineer there is presently $13 million in that fund which will be used for the treatment plant north of Vernal. Money for the construction of the Doc's Beach treatment plant has been already generated in the CUWCD's construction reserve fund from a 1.42 mill CUWCDJevy lies in the Ashley Valley as well as in the rest of the Vernal Utah District. The cost of treatment to water user participating in the CUWCD treatment would be including water costs $5.50 per month plus whatever the city i. distribution cost would be, Carpenter said. Commenting about the proposed $2 million treatment plant in Ashley , Canyon (proposal II), Carpenter said that such a plant with a modular design ; is feasible, but would last only 20 years, j He said the CUP treatment plant would i last 100 years. s Carpenter said that the only other j treatment plant that CUWCD is ' considering in the future is in . Roosevelt, but that will be a number of :' years away. Carpenter said the CUP treatment plant would treat Ashley Springs water most of the year and only a few weeks during high turbidy would it use water from Red Fleet Reservoir. "The manpower required on the privately owned treatment plant is underestimated because during the turbid time of the year they will have to have a man there 24-hours a day. Carpenter said, "About the treatment plant proposed to be located at Ashley Springs with only Ashley Springs as it's only source of water. "That's why we decided on the Doc's Beach site. We have several sources of water also during low flow periods, there isn't enough water in Ashley Spring to supply future needs," Carpenter said. Concerning the proposal II in next Tuesday's election, AVWSID Clerk Ray Nash, said that the district could pay off the $2.5 million bond without raising the district's mill levy or raising water fees. Nash said the bond could be relieved by using $500 out of each water connection fee which would generate $100,000 a year if the ABSID would sell 200 connections yearly. A $2 million bond at 12 percent interest would require $267,657 a year to be paid back, Nash explained. With the $100,00 from water connections the AVWSID would only have to pay $167,657 which could be generated by taking $4.66 from the water fees. "Vernal City did us a favor by charging double water fee because we could relieve the rest of the bond without increasing the water fees, "Nash said. If we go with the CUP plant essential "we are hooking our wagon to their star," Nash said. "We would be obligated to pay $1 per acre foot in addition to actual costs of treatment into the CUP emergency reserve fund, " Nash said. "I don't squak at the $1 fee only that CUP could increase or decreas that amount whenever they so desire." Also Nash said that if hey AVWSID were to go with the CUP treatment plant they would be obligated to build other treatment plants anywhere in the CUCD which includes 12 counties. Nash said another reason whv he (Continued on page 8) Convention... (Continued from page 1) their own admissions, two outsiders. All of the candidates live in Utah County. In fact, said Jerry Young, campaign spokesman for Howard Nielson, "If you drew a circle of one-mile one-mile radius from the sphere of the Provo (LDS) temple, you would probably have all the candidates living in that circle. One exception, Payson Lawyer, Bob Lamoreaux.) Issues the congressional candidates touched on reflect their support of the Reagan Administration - reducing spending and the size of goverment, balancing the budget, regulatory reform, decreasing crime and cutting taxes. The two outsiders, Lamoreaux and former Hatch aide Les Titus say anything can happen in the state convention, and that it's possible that the delegate vote could be split among two or three leaders. "This is what gives Bob and I a chance," said Titus, who noted that Oklahoma's recently - elected senator, Don Nichols, emerged for a field of 21 candidates. "You can never tell about these things." Said Lamoreaux, "I think the state convention is going to make a difference. The delegates are undecided. It'll be whoever walks in the door that day." Young believes a run - off is almost certain. He said only two candidates -he didn't say which two - have an "outside chance" of getting 70 percent of the delegate vote. Titus said he's not just talking about issues. "I'm talking about how to solve issues, because that's been my job." The former real estate salesman, who spent three years as a Hatch aide before resigning Dec. 31, stressed his experience in Washington during his speech. So did Lamoreaux about his legal training. "You must work within the system," he told convention goers. "You have to be trained in law, I am trained in law." State Rep. Lee Farnsworth, R-Provo, spoke of his record during eight years in the legislature. "I've worked to cut budgets for you," he said in his speech. Since "we all believe the same way," said Farnsworth, the unique thing about himself he is stressing his ability to "get things done" in a law-making body. "I've been doing that for six years." Candidate Ray Bekncham, Professor of Communications at BYU, afterward noted his abilities as a professional communicator, a background in community leadership and "25 years as a key administrator." He boasts a Reagan connection, his campaign manager RichWrithlin, is a special consultant to the president. Beckham doesn't see a close race because polls have shown he and Nielson are way ahead. "But a lot of things can happen in three weeks, "he added. Nielson, a BYU Professor of Statistics also pushed his legislative background, serving eight years as the previous occupant of the seat held by Farnsworth, including two years as speaker of the house and chairman of the Budget and Audit Committee. Nielson also fell back in his speech on his economic background, which includes consultant positions with a number of firms such as Fairchild Semi - Conductor, Inc., and Thiokol Corporation. "I have significant experience with budgets, " the Richfield native told the audience, adding that as chairman of the Budget and Audit Committee in 1974, the state's budget was reduced from the previous year. Candidate Amy Valentine stressed "honesty, common sense, perception and perserverance," and said the "only way we can cut goverment is across the board," - not by supporting pet projects. Candidate Bill Arseneau, a manufacturer's representative, heavily stressed his Reagan connection as part of Reagan's presidential campaigns and his gubernatorial campaigns in California. "I'm the only candidate who was there when it was rough. I committed because I believe these (Reagan's) are the philosophies we should go by. "I'm very concerned that a lot of Republican congressmen because it's an election year are deserting Reagan's budget proposals, " he said. "The defense budget is important. But I'm concerned that (Secretary of Defense Caspar) Weinberger hasn't gone in and cut out the waste and abuse." Candidate Steve Denseley told the convention that he has a lot of experience with controlling spending as a small businessman. "Americans have got to get away from the feeling that the goverment owes us everything," he said. |