Show Why A Need For Sewer Since the announcement last week of plans by Roosevelt city to conduct a bond election as a means of obtaining funds to improve the sewer system of the this writer has done considerable study in the and has concluded that the improvement project would be of tremendous value to the Although the costs may be judged as the conditions as they exist at present could create a situation that may prove more costly than the important costs that being an epidemic of major proportion resulting from raw sewage in open Supporting our we would like to quote a letter from John R. engineer for the letter is written to inform the citizens of Roosevelt of the inadequacies and shortcomings of the city sewerage system and sewage treatment At present the sewage is treated in a circular Imhoff tank 20 feet in This unit was constructed in 1939 by The Imhoff tank has sufficient capacity to adequately handle wastes of a community with At the present time there is a population equivalent of about This includes the various industries that discharge wastes into the this information it is quite obvious that the plant is receiving sewage equal to about 8 times its This situation has killed all life in the stream below the discharge pipe for a great Slime can be seen in the Dry Gulch Creek bottom to the confluence of the west about a mile from the discharge Anyone visiting the treatment plant site should be startled by the offensive odors given off by the unit and the sludge and foam accumulations This is further evidence of the inadequacy of the present treatment is important to note that the Utah Pollution Control Board is greatly concerned about the stream pollution created from Roosevelt sewage and have indicated that court action may be taken if this condition is not The U. S. Public Health Service is conducting the Colorado River and are watching the situation very The new treatment facilities will consist of sewage or more appropriately called Waste Stabilization This type of treatment has been used for many years by cities in the surrounding western and mid-west states and are well proven to provide good economical treatment of Contrary to the belief of many ill informed people these ponds do not have an offensive odor when properly They have a clean appearance and look like a pretty emerald The Utah Pollution Control Board has approved these for sewage treatment in the sewage collection there are at present many areas in Roosevelt which do not have sewer The new proposed sewerage system improvements are designed to eliminate most of these areas and provide for a basic system which can be expanded to serve future growth of the In other a master plan has been developed as a guide to future The new improvements will also eliminate 3 sewage lift stations throughout the Thus sewage which is now being pumped at considerable expense and maintenance will then flow by gravity to the waste stabilization ponds for new improvements will place the Roosevelt Sewerage System on a par with the better communities along the Wasatch Front and aid in removing pollution from the streams and rivers throughout the John R. P. E. |