Show Study Storm Sewer storm sewers have been evident evident evi- evi dent in the news again this past week in Bountiful FIRST BECAUSE Monday rains showed them Inadequate Second because the city council realizes this and is tryIng trying try try- Ing to find an answer DURING A RECENT council meeting when it was discussed Mayor Morris F. F said if the hills are a desirable place to live those people will have to pay to care for problems arising from theIr homes being there When homes and streets are built they collect and tunnel funnel water U If people want to live on the hills they will have to take care of the water the mayor said COUNCILMAN LLOYD Guest noted the homes do not generate water but do keep the water from sinking into the ground A few years ago we considered consid- consid ered stopping all building permits permits per per- mits for homes because there wasn't enough culinary water Councilman L. L F. F Weber water came sowe didn't have to stop BUT THE situation is much the same again I think we have got to take the position of no nomore nomore more land development in the southeast ar area a until we can solve the runoff problem Mr Eckman said This statement wont won't make me very popular with the builders build build- ers and real estate people But we have got to face tace up to this problem THE CITY CAN still sUll grow in other areas until this one area is resolved City Engineer Don Burningham Burning Burning- ham is working on figures and plans to cover needs of the area which the council will V ill study at a future meeting |