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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 2000 News Water Continued from Page 1 ton County Water Conservancy District, told attendees of the Kane County Water Conservancy Districts annual meeting held this past summer. The KCWCD has taken a forward thinking approach to- water in recent years. The first and perhaps foremost project the KCWCD has undertaken has been in Johnson Canyon. Canyon Country subdivision residents were experiencing severe water problems, including but not limited to: State of Utah Drinking Water Division reporting that the systems TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) level were over three times the states maximum limit; some residents couldnt bathe without an allergic reaction to the high salinity; and the water storage tank was rusting out at the top. Things further complicated when Kane Countys major employer Stampin Up was threatened with a loss of business interruption insurance because of an inadequate fire protection system. Without the insurance, the company would have to move all operations from the area. The KCWCD board made Johnson Canyons new system their number one priority. - In the summer of 1999, the the canyon country subdivision board, along with the state and Stampin Up. Phase II will drinking water engineers, saw soon be started which will infirst hand the dire needs in clude a 250,000 gallon cement Johnson Canyon. The drinking storage tank and 5,000 feet of 12 water board awarded the project inch line. a $274,000 grant and a long term Other KCWCD projects low interest loan for $273,000. KCWCD director Mike Noel Additional grants were given by commission was appointed by the Commisthe county from the ($30,000), Crosbys sion as the Kane County Admina charitable and ($60,000), gift istrator for Utah Division of of ( $ 74,000) worth of water rights Drinking Water regional planfrom Richard VanHake, insured ning efforts. The Divisions rethe projects success. Impact fees gional planning goal was to asfrom the various water users sist every public water system will make up the balance of to be in compliance with the safe needed funds to complete the drinking water act and to have no systems in project. The right to drill a culinary Kane County. water well on property owned by Colorado River salinity grants. the Johnson Canyon LDS The BLM and the KCWCD enChurch was granted. The tered into an agreement in 1997 KCWCD, in exchange for the to provide salinity grants for pipeline and utility rights of qualifying Kane County projects. ways and well location will pro- The cooperative effort has vide a residential and culinary brought $60,000 in additional water meter to the Church for a funds to the county. Water monitoring. All county possible future ward building to meet the needs of Johnson Can- systems are continually monitored for a variety of bacteria. yon LDS Church members. A successful culinary well with Kanab Irrigation Company the means to pump 425 gallons and Kanab City primary and per minute from the Lambs Point secondary irrigation project. The Tongue of the N avajo Sandstone KIC currently provides commerAquifer was completed in July cial irrigation water to areas in of this year. The water is of the and around Kanab. It also prosame high quality as Kanab City. vides lawn and garden irrigaOver 34,500 feet of 12 inch and tion to about 20 percent of the 10,400 feet of eight inch pipe has community. Water is derived been laid from the well site to from surface flows in Kanab non-approv- ed Creek, which is diverted into a pressurized pipeline above the city of Kanab. During the winter, the KIC has rights to the total flow of Kanab Creek, but after 415 upstream users divert from and dry up the creek. Kanab City provides culinary water to Kanab City residents. Culinary water is presently being used to irrigate the Kanab City Coral Cliffs golf course, the Kanab City Cemetery, the Kanab and Ranchos city parks and other smaller municipal properties. The Kane County Schools in Kanab also use the culinary water to irrigate their pha Engineering in 199S to prepare a Regional Water Management Plan. The report looked at seven different water companies, and including the Village area as a separate system due to its needs for year round culinary water. The report identified the problems associated with the various companies, and offered solutions for each. It was recommended that Duck Creek Village form a special service district to be able to acquire funding for the needed improvements for year round water service. Because of the complexities of forming their own SSD, the commercial businesses opted to establish a water company for their area, and properties. The KCWCD is currently researching ways the existing irrigation company farm and sec- have the KCWCD manage and ondary system can be improved. operate the system. The KCWCD Possible improvements would sought an RFP from three engiinclude adding additional stor- neering firms to create a plan age and delivery capacity, im- for infrastructure, financing, proving watershed areas, or water rights etc. The project drilling wells in the tributary should be completed soon. aquifer. By expanding the secondary water system, the city Next week: future KCWCD will be better able to support the projects and water conservation needs of its customers, freeing ideas. culinary water for future growth. 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