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Show f jfemaLExurfiSL- Wednesday. February 2. 2005 Water treatment C3 taken seriously At Ashley Valley Water Treatment Plant, great water is a number one priority. Glen Fleener, plant manager is "all about water," as he holds true to the Central Utah Water ' Conservancy District slogan. slo-gan. The Ashley Valley Water Treatment Plant provides for Vernal City residents. The plant has its own state certified lab in which they test and simulate plant operations. Water comes from two sources; Ashley Springs and Red Fleet. Ashley Springs provides for about 15 million gallons and Red Fleet up to 30 million gallons, gal-lons, per day. This water is taken through pipes to a concrete con-crete bunker where it is flowed over a weir. Then the water is filtered through filter beds for ten minutes. Water is transferred to indoor filters and and is filtered once more. During this filtering, all turbidity, negative ions and bacteria are removed. All water is changed from a negative nega-tive ionic charge to a positive ionic charge, as negative particles parti-cles are removed as "floe." Floe is created when ferric chloride, basically iron, makes a rust plate and the polymer makes an ionic structure. This creates (1 Ashley Valley Water Treatment Plant drinking water to the community. How we get water When you turn on the sink, turn on the shower, water the lawn, or pour yourself a tall, cold glass of water, do you ever stop to think how it got there? Drought has always been a major concern for the area and water conservation should always be important, but understanding where our water resource comes from helps to see the bigger picture. Water is constantly in what is known as a "water cycle." That means that water is being used over and over and over again. Water falls to the earth as precipitation pre-cipitation in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow. Some water that is absorbed by plants transpires tran-spires and some water evaporates. evapo-rates. This water is returned to the atmosphere where it cools and condenses. Clouds form and the cycle begins again. This is the water cycle. Not all water is absorbed by the earth and plants. The long pine needles of the trees of the High Uintas may, at this time, be covered in frozen droplets of water. Come late spring, early summer, these drops will find their liquid form once again and drop off. Some will be absorbed, but some will fall into creeks and streams. This water will eventually meet a greater creek or stream and eventually a river. It may very well be that little Utah droplet will find its way to the ocean. But some of those creeks and streams run into the Ashley Springs and Red Fleet. The water of Red Fleet and Ashley Springs is the water that is provided for . Vernal City through the Ashley Valley Water Treatment Plant. If that's the case, then more than likely that little droplet will find it's way to your kitchen kitch-en sink. a 1 a positive charge. All of the floe is removed and only chlorine remains in the water. These giant filter beds, depending on water use, are cleaned every 12-100 hours. The next step is where the sludge is removed and clean water is skimmed off. After following the guidelines guide-lines of Ashley Valley, which are ten times more strict than state regulation, ' the water is sent to a clear well, which holds one million gallons at a time, before being sent down the pipes to residents' homes. The plant is six separate buildings, organized and run by three individuals along with eleven computers called, "Alan Bradley Industrial P.L.C.s." New concerns through homeland home-land security have helped the plant to see additional P.L.C.s soon to be implemented, along with security cameras. Ashley Valley Water Treatment Plant has good water to begin with, but thanks to their efforts, the community's commu-nity's drinking water is safe, clean and better than ever. As Glen Fleener stated, "We can furnish the water." That they have done and will continue to do so. is here to provide clean and safe WHY DO YOU WANT TO REESTABLISH RE-ESTABLISH YOUR CREDIT? Everyone at sometime can have an unexpected problem damage their credit. And getting overwhelmed can force you into bankruptcy. DonDt worry, part of getting your life back to normal is repairing your credit. Some people think that time can repair your credit. This is not true. Many banks and lenders will not approve someone that has not re-established with an auto loan. The sooner you start showing a good payment history the sooner you will get back to normal. Brent Brown Chevrolet 2125 No. University Parkway Provo, Utah 84604 801-373-9500 Brent Brown Automotive Group Call for pre-approval today! 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According to Larris Hunting, Ashley Creek River Commissioner, as of Monday, January 31 Trout Creek (North Fork of Ashley Creek) is sitting at 354 percent of normal with 20.5 inches of moisture where the normal rate is 13.5 inches. Peak time is usually about mid-April mid-April and is well above peak at this point. King's Cabin (Brush Creek drainage) is sitting at 215 percent of normal with 14.4 inches of moisture where the normal rate is 12.5 inches. This area peaks normally in the first week of April and is also well above peak at this time. Chepeta (White Rocks drainage) drain-age) is sitting at 302 percent of normal with 24.8 inches of moisture currently where the normal rate Irjnst under 15 inches. The first week of April is usually peak date and once again is currently well above at this time. Mosby (West edge filter beds. pack levels predict of Dry Fork drainage) is sitting at 274 percent of normal with 18.9 inches of moisture, with peak usually in mid-April it is also well above peak at this time. "It is almost a sure thing that the mountain reservoirs in our area will be filled this spring" said Hunting, "and there is ,:1 4 1 .-"tfT Ashley Creek will bring in more water for the Basin area than it has in .. .. ,. . m . ii -J -' - 'i,., m.llj '"g. . - r- - J: Steinaker has a very promising season ahead with the chance to be at UTAH MINI PIVOTS INC. Come Talk to Experience at the... 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While this sounds very good since we have suffered from drought conditions over the last few years this high snow pack may also be of cause for concern due to the extreme possibility of flooding if we ai e faced with an early warming spring. quite a few years. or near full capacity this year. I II |