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Show PLANT - Brigham City stepped out in front of most other smaller Utah cities when it constructed this sewage treat ment plant less than 10 years ago. It has since been enlarged and now WASTE-TREATMEN- Waste Disposal: is capable of serving a population in excess of 30,000 persons. Structures are painted and grounds landscaped to give an attractive appearance, Brigham City Leads Waste disposal in many minds is not a subject intended for generous conversation. But in Brigham City, it's a proud point which merits the ac. knowledgement and ready of every citizen. First, because of the modern waste treatment plant located on lower Sixth North street one of the states finest, and second, be. cause of the citys efficient gar. bage collection and disposal system. com-men- Managed by Howard Kelly who also oversees the city cemetery the waste plant operation, is large enough to serve a community of twice Brigham Citys size. NEW TRUCK - This is the new track and packer purchased by the city this year to more adequately meet demands for garbage collection. Apart from its efficiency, the plant also must rank as Utahs most attractive facility of this type with the various structures having been painted pastel colors and the grounds land, scaped with grass and hundreds of shrubs. Interior cleanliness also Is emphasized. During the past year, plant operation compiled with a more stringent state ruling Involving chlorination. Kelly pointed out "We have always chlorinated the final effluent from the plant and are one of three plants in the state to follow this practice. Bacterial count on the final effluent also has been reduced this year due to increased ef. fort. In the coming year, its plan, ned to install a comminutor to replace the existing grinding mechanism. This will increase the grinding capacity and will also handle rags which are re. ceived at the plant in large a. mounts dally. Also planned is another coat of paint for the treatment struc. tures, using a uniform color for each particular type of tank. In an effort to eliminate power stoppages, the city this summer extended its own power line to the plant, formerly served by Utah Power and Light company. This means the cost of operation will go down. Kelly announced plans also to fence to extend the chaln-linthe outside property lines. This will create an area on which k g sludge can be dried, thus the cost of handling it. cut-tin- Only 30 man.hoursaweekare required to operate the plant which is served by an automatic control system and alarm pan- el. Garbage collection and dis. posal, supervised by Jack Hamilton, streets division head, is another yard stick of local progress. An efficient and hardworking crew enables the city to get by with only one collection truck, a unit purchased in April for $10,328. The single truck and crew serves both the residential and commercial districts. Disposal is handled at Brig, hams Improved Landfill Depos. ltory, located west of the mu. niclpal golf course. The BILD trench.and-fil- l operation has proved successful after the city operated an open dump for many years on west Forest street Eliminated have been the odors, Insect and rodent prob. lems and other offensive condi. tions which were familiar to the open dump. A COMMUNITY CARES Cemetery The landscaping artistry and solemn, neat appearance of the Brigham City cemetery is prob. ably nowhere surpassed in Utah. To keep it looking thus and also handle the necessary bur. ials, business and records, keeping is no mean task. But Supt. Howard Kelly has managed it all this year on a $23,650 budget, with the assistance of two employes and a summer work, pair of part-timfull-tim- This past summer saw instal. lation of a sprinkling system and planting of lawn on 1.5 acres west of the cemetery ditch. And it also witnessed the start of a nursery which now consists of several hundred plantings. e e ers. This was the third year for an improvement program intended to widen and replace all roads in the cemetery. Completion of the project is anticipated next year. CITY CEMETERY - Brigham City has one of the project is scaped cemeteries in Utah. A four-year widen all roads and a new nursery has been started. and beautifully landto resurface and completion nearing By realigning two roadways into the cemetery, several hund. red dollars worth of burial lots were made available. Closing another road in the northeast section has resulted In space enough for an addition, al 232 lots. Howard Kelly |