Show more news on water situation following Is a letter from the utah state board of health and con verns the investigation made here some time hine ago salt bait lake city utah atall hon president and town Trube eA randolph andolph It utah gentlemen lemen ATTENTION J 0 ali REX X PRESIDENT after tin an investigation of the water waitr situation in randolph the following report la Is submitted to the eity city for immediate consideration the present water supply used u in III the city is derived from individual wells wella the results of bacteriological analyses of samples sinn plea collected froin some of theses thee wells show that the well water Is of oc questionable purity und and may at any tinie thue cade typhoid fever or some other intestinal disorder disease gernis germs are a re so email that they cannot be wen mien with the naked eye und and thousands may it M lurking in a glass of water watce or a particle of waste matter safeguarding the health of the people should be the lirot first consideration of the citizens when consid ci ang a water wate r supply an adequate water supply is not cleilL plenty of water may be but unless it 1 Is pure it if will be it a cilam in to lic health alth no other utility does more to promote the health of man inan and the arb progress of the city thail a safe and adequate water supply purity of th the water supply should be the first consideration of the community although this fact is frequent ly not realized until sickness or death visits visita the home sometimes some times when the matter of improved health and lowered death rate is brought up people intimate that they tire are satis tied with their health records as they are while they neav not have had typhoid fever thy they are always exposed to it it isitt customary to wait for it a disastrous typhoid epidemic before installing a public water sy system stein wo we wrongly urge taral the city officials take whatever action isi 19 ne necessary cesary in proceeding to install n safe nil and adequate public wit water er system tile the comfort and convenience of a water system is inestimable tile drudgery I ini ia a the horne home is relieved by bv having a piped water sit supply aply which become beean ieso a arrant ready to answer overy caa including inc ludina firel nie and bodily clean cleanliness lines the small annual payments paymon fa required to provide pure water are ns as nothing compared 1 to the health protection and the conveniences they buy in the long run the savings made in it a community will repay the cost many times over the question quest ioni isi Is not can we afford it A community the size of randolph cannot afford to continue without a public water system it is far cheaper to larest in permanent pei Iter manent improvements prove ments which insure good health than to pay a disease and death ta tax X 11 the first step in establishing a waterworks water works system Is to get a preliminary llin inary merrt on HI the construction work from it a reliable all and competent engineer or front from a firm of engineers this is customarily ladd tor for from tbt eurreal funds of the community th atte engineers draw up the plans s locations and contracts contract and hiring during the actual work supervise the construction st good engineers are known b their records of achievements and personal experience yours very truly UTAH STATE BOARD OF 1 ij 11 II MALE sanitary en engineer glacer |