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Show 69th Year Thursday November No. 45 11, 1982 Roosevelt, Utah 22 Pages 25 Cents PLANS PROCEED allard City reviews Sew Master Plan On December 1, 1981, the Ballard City Council gave approval to Horrocks Engineers to proceed with the development of ' a wastewater master plan for Ballard. For the past 11 months information has been compiled, and Tuesday, October 26, the Ballard City Council received the Wastewater Master Plan. According to Rex Harrison, the District Manager for Horrocks Engineers, the Master Plan, which was accomplished with a grant from the Utah State Natural Resources Impact Board, has attempted to make a valid comparison of alternatives available to the Ballard Water Improvement District to meet their existing and projected municipal wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal requirements through the year 2000. One of the concerns in the master plan is that of soil types in the Ballard area. According to the report, the soil in the Ballard area are clay loams with areas of silty days, sandy clays, and loams. The report further states that, generally these soils have a slow pqpneabilitv and have a tendency to stay wet. The Uintah Basin Association of Governments, in conjunction with the Soil Conservation Service, completed a soil survey in 1976. The survey provided information regarding the suitability of soils for agricultural uses and for septic tank absorption fields. The 1976 study indicated that much of the soil at ..the lower elevations in Ballard are suitable for croplands arid pasture with severe limitations as to the choice of plant. The higher elevations are suitable for grazing, unirrigated pasture, and wildlife habitat Also shown in the study is that about 90 percent of the area within for ; the City limits is severely limited juse as septic tank absorption fields. According to the Master Plan, these :soils generally have a slow permeability, a shallow depth to the water table, and a shallow depth to bedrock. Ground water in Ballard is also a concern addressed in the Master Plan. According to the plan, the water table is relatively high and greatly reduces the effectiveness of septic tank lunching fields. In areas of high water table, effluent from septic tanks is prevented from percolating through the soil and is either forced to the ground surface or discharged directly into the ground water. Additional concerns were addressed in the Master Plan, one of these being the increase in population. In 1975 the Ballard population was at. 318. In 1976, the year of incorporation, Ballards population was at 340, a seven percent increase. By 1980 the population had jumped to 558, a 13 percent increase and then to 650 in 1981, a 16.5 percent 'Vil!1 increase. Ballard contains 13,760 acres and 650 people, a density of one paeon of land. Presently the pa 21 acres majority of the homes in Ballard use septic tanks. The Master Plan explains that of the 162 homes in Ballard, 150 are on septic tanks with the remaining 12 hones hooked into the Roosevelt waste water system. According to the Plan submitted by Horrocks Engineers, isolated failure of septic tank disposal systems in Ballard prompted a temporary moratorium on waste water disposal applications by the Uintah Basin District Health Department in 1981. A subsequent investigation by the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey concluded that the principle causes for failure were the low permeability of the clay soils and a high water table in the septic tank leaching fields. Also addressed by the Master Plan was expected growth in future years. The master plan points to the fact that a single new ou field project can bring several hundred individuals into an area. In addition to direct employees, the project can induce further population growth in terms of secondary industries. Because of this potential for growth, it was felt that Ballard will experience a great deal of growth in connection with energy resources if community services and utilities are made available through proper planning. Estimates given show that with moderate Oil Shale Ballard's population Development could be at 1050 by the year 1985, with that increasing to 2000 in the yea 2000. With high Oil Shale development Ballards population is estimated at 2800 by the yea 2000. With the present population, the average pa capita waste water flow, for Ballard is estimated at 100 gallons pa day. However, as Ballard begins to experience growth, the average pa capita wastewater flow is likely to increase, and could possibly increase to a future pa capita waste water flow of 125 gallons pa day. The masta plan shows that according to projections, by the yea 2000 Ballard could be generating 0.25 million gallons of waste wata each day in Ballard. Because of these projections, three alternatives for wastewater treatment were forwarded in the masta plan. The first of these alternatives was to have individual users connect to the Roosevelt City sewage treatment system wherever practical, and continue to utilize septic tank systems in all otha areas. This alternative would include encouraging Ballad residents and businesses to connect to the existing Roosevelt collection and disposal facility. However, connection to the Roosevelt system is practical only in areas adjacent to the interceptor line Continued on page 3 was somewhat tricky to remove 11,800 pounds of generator from the Uintah Power Plant last weekend. Two generators were taken to GE in Salt Lake to be baked and tested for damage sustained in the water pipe breakage last It month. To date, Moon Lake Electric Association is still obtaining information on the feasibility of making the plant operational again. BOARD TO REVIEW PROJECTS Roosevelt secondary system plans nixed Roosevelt City has many things to offer residents, but large amounts of water isnt one of them! For the past year the City has been reviewing various proposals for a solution to the imminent water shortage. Roosevelt presently uses all the water they can get during the summer months, but hasn't the means to obtain additional water. The City is presently purchasing water from the Ute Tribe, but the line which carries the water to the City can carry only a certain amount Roosevelt also has several wells which provide water to the system, but they in no way have the capacity to make up the difference. For this reason Roosevelt has proposed a secondary water system. The City began looking at such plans last Spring. It was felt that a secondary system would reduce the requirements of water from the Tribe, thereby allowing for more hook-up- s to water from the Tribal system. Such a system, however, is a costly proposal, so the City Council submitted their proposal to the State Energy Impact Board for financing. At that time, June of 1982, the project included a 2,000 acrq foot reservoir with a price tag of. S4.6 . That plan was basically rejected by the impact board as too large. However, the basic concept After a was thought feasible. complete revamping of the project, Roosevelt City presented their plans for a 500 acre foot reservoir, along with a well to meet' immediate needs, all with a price tag of $2.6 million. At the October meeting of the million. Impact Board, support for the plan was expressed, and $250,000 was loaned for the construction of the well. However, the Board requested that Roosevelt return with a plan for repayment of the loan. The City returned last week to the Impact Board with that repayment plan, but it was announced by the Board that a complete review of all remaining Several months ago the State of Utah advised state school districts to expect a decrease by two percent in the motley the state would give this year. This amounted to $118,000 that Duchesne County school district will have to cut out of this years budget In their regular board meeting, the Board of Education met and finalized what areas of education would be affected by the budget cut. It was decided by the board that areas already state fended would receive the impact of the budget decrease. Duchesne County would have received $299,479 from the state this year that would have been used in 19 different programs. By rebudgeting in those areas, a total of $96,849 was taken out of the programs and will be returned to the state. The remaining $21,151 still to cut will come out of each schools equipment and utility abtmenta. The areas listed below were affected by the budget cut Duchesne Instructional Media which includes libraries, and their equipment and supplies had a budget for $9,927 with $4,927 being reserved for the state. Extended day and year program which is money set aside for tutoring needed in the district had a budget of $20,000 and $2,000 was budgeted and the whole amount will be turned back to the state this year. Community Education includes all after school activities from art and drama to basketball and shop classes in die community school program. This program is almost and the budgeted $5,000 for this year was turned back to the state. Career Education for the high school students was budgeted for $1,500 and the cuts will not affect this program. Field trips money is available to the schools upon request Some schools use more than others as they have to travel greater usually distances to activities that occur in the Basin. There was budgeted $3,000 to this program and $1,000 was saved for the state. There was a $2,000 carry over from last year that will sustain the program this year. Elementary Music money buys materials only for music programs in the elementaries. Two thousand dollars was budgeted for this year with $1,000 being saved for the state. There was $1,000 left over from last AAADEI The Duchesne County School Board had to decide recently on how and where to cut The cut $118,000 out of this year's already tight budget. $3.5 million remaining. Mr. Lee explained that the money provided has come from a windfall payment to the state. He said the state usually has alpnit $5 million each year to distribute from Mineral Lease monies. Lee said the decision to review the remaining projects wan to guarantee the projects still to bf fended are deserving. Continued on page 3 School District cuts 2 from Stat money County. DECISION BEING projects would be made. According to Roger Lee, a member of the Impact Board and a representative of Community and Economic Development, the move to "step from the projects was back inevitable. Lee said- - the Impact Board was provided with $25 million last June for disbursement to energy impacted areas. Before last weeks meeting there was $6 million remaining to be loaned. Presently there are about came from a state enforced 2 percent cut in the money they were making available to the state school district. year. Secondary textbooks money is available for students who cant afford to buy or rent lab supplies and materials required by the class. This program has used as much as $50,000 in the past. The state legislature cut it in half two years ago and many boards took over the responsibility of renting books and supplies. This program had a budget of $25,369 this year and $13,000 of it will be saved fior the state. There was $12,369 left over from last year. The gifted and talented program had budgeted $2,500 and $1,800 wiU be saved for the state this year. The responsible parenthood classes was cut back to zero fending this year when the $1,000 alloted to the program will all be saved for the state. Bilingual Education money win remain the same this year at $5,515. Students using this money are from Union. Classload reduction money was given to the school district if the reduced classroom sizes are only 24 students. This money was used to hire additional staff needed with tins program. The district was to receive $60,000 from the state and this will not change. Also the Special Needs program for students who dont have the skills necessary to normally advance in school competency and need the services of other people was funded $34,193 and is unaffected by the cuts. Ten thousand dollars was held out of the 17 and under program that had a budget of $17,144. There was a carryover from last year of $7,144 that will maintain this program at present budget. The vocational and Handicapped programs usually have a carryover. Between the two programs $49,000 will be saved for the state. Plus some other odds and ends from other programs the savings to the district amounted to $96,849. This will be money that the state was going to give the Duchesne County that will now forfeit back to the state. The rest of the money will come from each individual school in the amount of $6 per student According to Superintendent Caldwell most of the principals will cut back some on their equipment budget and try to money on the utilities. |