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Show Valley Disvricv vo decide wafer tfreavrraersv issue Whether the Ashley Valley Water and Sewer District should have their water treated by the Central Utah Water Conservancy Con-servancy District treatment plant or build their own treatment plant was the topic of discussion Tuesday, March 16 at 7 p.m. at the Vernal Junior High auditorium. The AVWSID board has always favored a privately owned water treatment treat-ment plant in the mouth of Ashley Canyon, Ca-nyon, but recently talk of utilizing a CUP treatment plant seemed more appealing ap-pealing when the Ashley Valley District has little money in its cauffers. The AVWSID is calling next week's meeting for public input on the matter. Ashley Valley Board member Larry Hacking said that the district will make a decision on the direction they will pursue pur-sue in water treatment in their next regular meeting Wednesday, March 17. , Hopefully the public meeting before the decision will give everyone a chance to "air their opinion on the matter," mat-ter," Hacking said. "At the meeting a poll will be taken to keep a promise that the people would have a vote," Hacking said. All information we can obtain, both positive and negative, will be presented at the meeting, Hacking said. The urgency for the Ashley Board to make a decision on a water treatment plant is because the Utah State Board of Health is threatening to rate the Ashlev Valley system "Not Approved" if a decision isn't made scon, Hacking stated. Lee Rosenhan, Ashley Valley board member, said he hoped the district would already have their minds made up before the Tuesday meeting so they could get some public input on their decision. Rosenhan is the "hinge vote" on the treatment plant issue because two board members are opposed to the CUP treatment plant and two members of the board favor the treatment plant. Rosenhan has shown some interest in the CUP treatment plant, but stated last Tuesday that from his investigation into the plant, there is no way that a contract could be drafted with CUP and still protect Ashley Springs water rights from being jeopardized. Rosenhan said the district, although short of funds and unable to bond, could work out a lease-purchase contract for a treatment plant. Another factor in the outcome of the Ashley Valley Board's decision on a water treatment plant could be the Uintah Uin-tah County Commissioners could appoint ap-point a new member of the board, replacing Rosenhan, before the board makes a decision. Rosenhan has continued to serve in his seat on the Ashley Board since last December's election because of a question ques-tion concerning the qualifications of Dennis Mott as newly elected board member to replace Rosenhan. Since the District Court has ruled that Mott cannot can-not be seated, the commissioners are to elect a replacement. Commissioner Merrell Mecham said that they have some candidates in mind for the appointment and that it is on next Monday's agenda, but when a decision would be made, the commissioner commis-sioner said he didn't know. |