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Show ?&!' ', 1' V a&S'&i..' J t M ; u Deseret News staff writer The Salt Lake County 208 Water Quali ty preset is finding that the Jordan River leads not oidyto the Great Salt Lake but to the future. In looking for sources of pollution in the river, the staff has found that water quality has been significantly influonc by development in the valley and the canyons. In finding methods to improve water quality, the . staff has found that it has had to identify just where future development can best take place and where it would be destructive. Part cf that study is deiermin-anj ihrnts to development, including emrloyment and population r redictions. : These aspects cf the water quality study represent a widening scope of interest, according to Steven F. Jensen, project land use planner. So far the scope of the 208 p. eject has centered only in improving sevage fluent, which has been no WUV t Fi MW aua if tiuijv jn;uti avvuvco vs Jordan River pollution. A point source refers to pollution from one specific place, and a source refers to pollution from scattered areas. A regional sevage treatment plant has been ttiiJ Fkn Cnl4 a WUUIJI Governments has approved a timetable leading to it. Implementation of the plant faces several hurdles. socio-economi- c WM V non-poi- nt however, the biggest being a proposed bond election in March 1977. The second major point source is Utah Lake, dirty and murky because of its shallowness and intensive land use around it, Jensen said. One proposed solution has been to dike the lake and increase its depth. Unfortunately, Hooding may then result Jensen said. Another, more feasible idea is to divert the clean water before it enters the lake, channeling It directly into the Jordan River. No firm proposals have been made, however. The thrust of the study fs now turning to sources of pufiuuou, Jensen said. Finding these sources and then determining their significance is the first step. Jensen said one factor Is found in valley agriculture, with storm runoff carrying crop chemicals, animal waste and other effluent into the river. Another source is valley streams that carry urban waste sedimentation from construction sites into the liver, Canyon etronm?, with intensit? recreation use, are also suspect. Leaching septic tanks in the canyons also contribute effluent. Kenneth Watson, deputy project manager and water quality specialist, said a canyon monitoring conduce4 too recent for rirgpfltri j)Qs definite findings. Four canyons and their streams were examined. non-poi- non-poi- nt Watson also stated the studys purpose, as outlined by the Environmental Protection Agency, is to make valley water, including the Jordan River, swimniable by 1983. Jensen pointed out that the RPA requires 208 planning he implemented. Snliirinns mnet t?. realists and operational. In addition, If non-poipollution Is not a problem in bait Lake countk, then controls would become impositions to the construction and agricultural industry. nt If the impact of sources is significant, a county wide environmental quality planning management program would have two elements controls nt at the site of sources, such as construction areas, and control through giowta uianageiueui.. non-poi- nt Land would be designated regarding its suitability for develorment, with less desirable land being more expensive to develop. If growth does occur in less desirable areas, it would be with insurance that soil problems would be mitigated in the process of development. Garbage woe j s Salt Lake Countys fiscal crisis has plunged the county back Into the recurrent problem of where to dump 1,000 tons of garbage generated daily in unincorporated areas. The county is running out of space at its present landfill, about 13th South and 7800 West, and is now without fund3 to purchase another site, as had been oiiginaiiy planned. Sanitation Commissioner Pete Kytulas said today the 7800 West sits was temporary to begin with, but its life span has been shortened considerably by closure of the countys dry trash site at 6200 South and 3200 West All Mi lw (feK si MM4 M e MWff UUIIIVU M WAttf ui fcj A 21 The only legitimate function of government Is to protect the rights of an individual against the actions of $ i Art UUWtti Zt David Bergland, vice presidential candidate on the Libertarian Party ticket, stressed tliis point tc University of Utah students Thursday afternoon. He said the partys platform positions on all matters derive iron! a commitment that an individual ucs the right to make Ms own decisions. ize trade, Bergland said. The youthful California lawyer told students his party would attempt to eliminate all victimless crimes such as prostitution, gambling, pornography, matters bemarijuana or tween consenting aduits. sex-relat- The Libertarians also would seek repeal of all government regulations and agencies which now control com- meree, such as the Federal Comnumi- cations Commission, Interstate com- - Bergland was in Salt Lake Cuy to promote the presidential ticket, on which he is teamed with Roger Mac Bride. Ke said the Libertarians now represent the third largest political group in the United States. They have ballot placing in 37 states. Cciy.lssic" - olnhaKAfinql lie Discussing foreign affairs, Bergland said the U.S. should not attempt to he tire policeman for the world. This approach, he said, has lead to a half century of war, with the latest manifestation in southeast Asia. i OK. m AIK t it. ? AMUUI M4t j rWtv run them Its their lives, let them MAM w .;r v.X'iUUi vs.... W0AA Commissioners had planned to spend about a new landfill site in the southwest part of the county in the Oquirrh Mountain - r v. wn ii - jX3 'cr-- !!!H VS:V:V:i mmm ' $300,000 on mMML& Tl foothills. But the recent defeat of two special service districts by taxpayer protest left the county $3 J 4 and utv uUugtl luttujg ouapci was applied to plans for the landfill. Kutulas acknowledged that the present site is not only near capacity, but is also in violation of both state and county health codes, mainly because ground water wets the garbage. State and county health officials have allowed the dump to remain open. Kutulas threatened to dump coffee grounds and other garbage in their offices if they tried to close it Lo ,7h - ltf" down. The commission said current alternative plans for acquiring a new landfill site include a lease or deferred payment approach. Disabled to get job choice help The Salt Lake School District Board of Education has approved five new programs including a $100,000 home-base- d career education program. The career education program, funded by a federcl grant, will emphasize problems of hand icapped children. The Olympus Research Center and Dr. Garth Mangum, in cooperation with the Salt Lake City School District, will jointly administer the program which is designed to prepare parents to aid their children in choosing a career. The board also has approved establishing an adult vocational education program in food services. The .. board appropriated $5,000 for the program. Continuing the Kindergarten Alternative prog- ram was also arproved by the board. The program provides classes for children who demonstrate a lack of basic skills necessary for kindergarten. A spokesman for the program told the board that most of the children participating in last years Kindergarten Alternative program are now ready to participate in regular schooling. The board approved a program, funded by the Utah Advisory Council for the Handicapped and Developmentally Disabled Persons, which is designed to help handicapped persons learn to utilize community recreational facilities. ' The final program approved by the board was a $2,000 allocation to provide teaching materials for instructing English as a second language to students In need of special training in language skills. Saturday, October 9ih GRAND OPENING our New Store! . . . Get your Gift! . Count your Savings! . . . See PMH Grand Opening Specials from Famous ! UU XBM U Hi Carpef. Our Draper Department is best in the West. Grand Opening Price Cut Specials: $5 Desert Dawn Carpeting ; Trevira Star Carpeting -- square $10 32 decorator colors -- square w tion. The job entails bringing peopie, cultures, and political and economic ) systems closer together, she said. '? My job is to stimulate interest in programs of international study, to assist in program development and application, and to translate the idea3 of others into ac tion," she said. The expert in Russian history said that Utah is tailor-niad- e for international study programs because of the states large proportion of migrants and because of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints missionary Drapery Remnants 3 to 12 yards and up program. Becoming yard and up . I University of Utah history Professor Aniia Baker has been named the schools new director of international educa- yard 295 Hundreds of carpet remnants appoints director f international study Bring in your Carpeting measurements for extra special values! internat- ionally educated is one of the most important things Americans cno do to preserve their democratic society," Baker said. A democracy is based upon an educated citizenry, so thinking internationally is to me, eminently practical. A ftSC Your Carpet Center for Remnants , Rolls , Decorating Service , Resilient Hooting and Draperies . A native of Denmark, Baker emigrated to the United States with her family and immediately began studying English, French and Russian. - 0 A sian language, literature and hisioiy at Maryland's Goucher College and spent her senior year in a special program at Princeton University before that instutution became coeducational. 3730 West 3500 South Granger, Utah 2996225 She majored in Rus tu Remember GRAND OPEN5NG October 9th! SmM ShagR ugLa is an Armstrong Floor Fashion Center, vAnnstrong m M U as they want to, he said. Taxes are purely government theft, Bergland claimed. The government can produce nothing except through coercion and taking from someone else, lie said. The party also advocates free international trade without government interference to either inhibit or subsid- - ti - The Democrats and Republicans I operate on the theory that people are no f good, incapable of thought and need to J be controlled, Bergland said. i n 1 tit.t t w ! ' n i;.n n t, t Fcra! Commission and on down the long n ii.-- F SUfa I JW U .H M vexes county West site. ' wYVtfWA br Libertarian visits U. The canyoms, Red Butte vith limited access and small Impact, Emigration with heavy residential use, and Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons, visited peopie staying no longer than a day, provide valuable comparisons. non-poi- Kti ..v DOCKET NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1976 River tails pollution story By Corey Peterson .nte |