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Show Lake 6hammdr5 dike v : x ? DAL WAYMENT WATCHES storm water being pumped into the Great Salt Lake from the South Davis Sewer Improvement Plant where water is causing damage to dike. " " years without having to bond for construction. The existing plant, he said, is already meeting state and federal health and Environmental l Protection Agency (EPA) standards, but must expand to meet the increased volume expected in the future. By GARY R. BLODGETT News Editor BOUNTIFUL -- Affects of the Great Salt Lake against the South Davis Sewer Improvement Improve-ment District treatment plant and the Bay Area Refuse Disposal (BARD) landfill were outlined to the Bountiful City Council Wednesday night. ELMER W. Barlow, Bountiful's representative representa-tive to the Sewer District Board of Directors and former manager of BARD, told the council that the rising lake level and wave action off the lake during storms have "begun to deteriorate the rip-rap dikes protecting the public facilities." facili-ties." Mr. Barlow emphasized, however, that the dikes have "done their job" so far by preventing prevent-ing the lake water from entering (he property sites and causing extensive damage." HE SAID the rock-lined dike around the sewage sew-age treatment plant is about 8 to 10 feet high and 20 feet wide - and is much more solid than the diking around BARD. "But even the rock-lined dike at the plant shows damage from the rough lake water and at times water has overspilled the dike into a retention re-tention basin adjacent to the treatment ponds," said Mr. Barlow. "Similar damage, caused by erosion, has occurred at the landfill (BARD)." MR. BARLOW noted that the dike surrounding surround-ing the treatment plant was built by the U.S. Corps of Engineers at no cost to the district. "In fact, the Corps paid for some consulting work that our engineer did during construction," construc-tion," he said. "We had the opportunity to have a similar dike constructed around the west and north sides of BARD, but approval was not granted by the County (Commission) and the Corps left without doing the job." MR. BARLOW said that when he asked the representatives of the Corps of Engineers why the work was not being done at BARD, a Corps spokesman replied: "Because we were told by the Commission to do only the work needed to protect the landfill land-fill until the proposed (Garbage) burn plant is operational." Because of that misinformation, the job didn't get done," Mr. Barlow told the council. MR. BARLOW emphasized that the sewer district is in good fiscal shape with a little more than $1 million on hand to begin upgrading and expansion of the plant - something that is going to be needed in the next few years. He said that with the money in hand, the expansion can take place over the next six |
