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Show iOGDEN S VATER SUPPLY There has not been a case of typhoid lever reported in months from that pari of Ogden supplied with citj w ater. This means that Ogden 's water supply is fres from harmful contamination con-tamination tesl made a mouth ago proved thai Ogden was getting get-ting the best water in the statt although p.irt of the flow in to the reservoirs was tiom Wheeler creek and Coldwatci canyon Those Btreams were being drawn on in order to conserve the water in thi artesian wells as experience had shown thai when the wells are allowed al-lowed to flow without restriction, the heard i reduced vo that a' this season of grcatcsl water shortage the supplj is perceptibly diminished. di-minished. None of the wells are completely closed, bul all an Opened sufficiently to keep up a circulation and prevent clogging The artesian bell is treated as a reservoir in which there is a given amount oi water available, to be drawn on a, required, rhen is known to b an impervious strati onfining the water. 1'rioi to the boring of the city wells, which have given a tree outlet, part, nf the impounded water may have escaped over the top of Nature's' lam and appeared lower down as springs, but now. it is the opinion of experts. ver little water g ts out of the basin other than through the artesian wells, as they afford the line of least resistance In early spring and sometimes at the beginning of summer there may, be a subterranean discharge as the pressure is then excessive. |