Show Jensen Water System Gets Gs funds Approval After nearly four years of or planning and hard work it was announced Monday by hy Senator Wallace F F. F Bennett lien Ben nett that the Farmers Home Administration Adminis had approved ld a loan of or and a grant of for the Jensen Water Improvement District to finance a community water system THE FOUR Corners Commission has also approved a grant of for the Jensen water system Along with tl to be raised by subscriptions in inthe inthe inthe the district itself from connection fees a total amounting to will be available to finance the water project The loan will be for 40 years at five per cent interest A bond election will be advertised as soon as the final approval has been given on the FIlA loan If the bonding is approved by the registered voters within the Jensen water district bids will be let and construction can start reported Ray E E. E Nash attorney for forthe forthe forthe the water district ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION could start as soon as six weeks to two months reported reported re re- re ported Mr 1 Nash The entire project could be completed before winter wea ea weather eather ther stops construction work paid hookup connections have been blen up signed for the new water waler system that will serve some residents of the Jensen and surrounding area THE JENSEN Water Improvement District is a taxing sub district of Uintah Uin UI tah fah County A board of trustees has been the governing body in spearheading spearhead ad ing the water project Members of the board are C C. C D. D Dudley chairman h A. A DeMarr DeMan Dudley Bill 1111 Karren Douglas and Merle Morse Harden Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son has acted as secretary The new water system will start at atthe atthe atthe the Naples corner at al Pease Construction Company warehouse and follow Highway U. U S S. S 40 way right of way to Ashley Cre Creek k At Ashley Creek the line will go straight cast east to the Buckskin Hills where a gallon steel plate storage tank will be constructed From the storage tank the route will again follow U. U S S. S 40 into Jensen THE NEW system will contain miles of pipeline varying in size from Hi Hj inch to nearly 12 Inch The pips pIp will either be transit or plastic The rhe water lines will go as far north as the Dinosaur National Monument Monument Monument ment sou south h to the Paulson ranch cast east to the Green River and west to th the tha east end of Naples and along Brush Creek THE JENSEN line will connect onto four existing Vernal City lines to equalize equal equal- ize the drain on the Vernal system The estimated monthly minimum cost for water and principal payment on the loan per connection will be about 12 per month reported engineers for lor the system Vernal City will sell water to the Jensen district at double the city rates UINTAH ENGINEERING and Land Surveying is presently finishing plans and specifications for the water system to submit to the FIlA engineers for approval ap ap- ap- ap When finished the project will provide a modern long waited for water supply supply supply sup sup- ply to residents businesses and farms throughout the Jensen community |