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Show Specie Service District Proposed For North Utah Co. A special service district for sewage treatment has been proposed for the north end of Utah County. The district would be established by the Utah County Commission and include only the incorporated cities of Alpine, American Fork, Lehi, and Pleasant Grove. New state and federal water pollution control laws have made the proposed facility necessary. Worn out equipment equip-ment and undersized, outmoded out-moded plants currently in use will not meet the new standards. stan-dards. All wastewater treatment treat-ment plants in the state will require major modifications over the next few years. The new plant will be sized to handle wastewater for 52,000 people, double the present population of the four cities. Each city will maintain ownership and operation of its own collection system, while it is proposed that the new district own and manage the oufall lines and treatment facility to be located near Utah Lake. With construction scheduled to begin in mid-1977, mid-1977, estimated cost for the project is $17 million, 75 of which will be funded by a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Citizens will vote on a bond to finance the remaining 25 in the November election. Estimated sewer charges after combining the four sewage systems into one facility would be in the $8-9 range. Without region alization, using only existing systems and updating up-dating them, cost would be an additional $4 above that. Planners also note that EPA money seems readily available for the project now, but may not be later if the bond isn't passed this year. Subsequent articles in the next few weeks will further inform in-form voters in the four cities about the proposed sewage treatment district and plant. |