Show vernal cites sewage system cited in advances in cleaning up state stale selago system this week waa wa cited at as one of those that meets meeta the requirements of Utah water gollu tion board it was wag mentioned among tremendous advances made in utah during the last ten years to cloan clean up environ ments faced with sewage disposal problems problem A medical article in the salt lake tribune said that the cleanup was accomplished through construction of nearly 14 million worth of treat ment plants to purify sewage which flowed raw and con tamina laminated ted into streams and lakes among other water treatment plants were those listed at Tr aridell tridell idell red wash dutch john and ft duchesne during the same period utahna realized the need tor for purifying water supplies before they enter the mains of cities and towns the resulting program has involved eapen deture of many more millions of dollars despite all this much remains to be done before sani tary conditions are satis fac tory particularly in the lous IOUs section along the wasatch front ron FOR INSTANCE salt lake city continues to make great salt lake one of the biggest open ended cesspools ces spools in the country A tremendous volume of raw sewage pours into the lake from the states largest city through an open canal many people have the erroneous idea that the salt in the lake decontaminates contaminates de the waste ri matter iatter SINCE 1950 sewage treatment facilities have been provided tot persons persona in 43 utah communities according to a tabulation made by lynn M thacker secretary utah water pollution control board if plants proposed but not yet constructed construct edo were in operation the total would be raised to THIS WOULD have to I 1 in elude clude the salt lake city plant which Is estimated to cost 7 million dollars its early construction has the backing of mayor J bracken leo lee and other city officials mr thacker said the sate safe disposal of industrial wastes still poses a serious problem these wastes ore are of various kinds both organic and chemical the hazard here Is not so mua bacterial contamination but depletion of oxygen in lakes lakes and streams which makes them unfit lor for normal fish life ANOTHER ASPECT of the sewage situation Is the growth in population with the necessity of providing additional disposal systems |