The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-25
FACTS AND FIGURES on WATE
DeCd Committee of Citizens Explain All the Details of Mayor Norris Plan to
For Greater Salt Lake
hW the Waters Big Cottonwood Are To
To Be Secured It 0 People he city,

be more desirable, still the city runs
no risk of forfeiting the right 10 use the
mountain water. because. by carrying
out the contemplated plan and making
the available supply of water at Utah
lake absolutely certain. il would render
any forfeiture or even default or inter-
ruDtion in the use of the water practi-
caIly Impossible. The essence of the
proposed exchange agreement lieg in
the city's ability TO furnish a sufficient
and certain substitute for the noun
tain water
The quantity Of water that win be III
tinlately required, daily, for the eX-
change of mountain water will, under
the plan proposed, be as follows, for d
period of $50 days:
For Parley's creek. 4, 202, 40 gallons
For Mill creek 1900. e.691,21t gallons
For Big Cottonwood /. II 1888, 5SS gallons
For Little Cottonwood. 1927 .S67 gallons
For the % per CT. bonus S.0S5,666 gallons
Total daily require
ment for $50 days. or
during exchange Pc
rfod.... ....... ....4463l.072 gallons
At the lowest known stage Of water
which occurred last year there was. at
the end of the irrigation season, in the
Utah lake reservoir, 143.T4S.000. eco gal
Ions of unused water. One-fifth OF this
quantity or rs. 749. 600,0 gallons, the
city's share Of this stored water. is the
equivalent of a daily flow of 159, 720. 900
gallons for a period of $50 days. This,
with the quantity which the city drew
, from this source the same season,
would make the citys total daily sup
ply from the lake, in seasons Of lowest
flow, for period of 1SG days, as fol-
lows:
Daily available flow 1850, 600 gallons
Daily unused flow. .159, go, coo gallons
Total possible daily
flow $500. 5000 0S, $4,000 gallons
Or four and one-haIf times the ultimate
daily requirement for exchange accord
/ ing to the proposed plan.
There is no doubt that all the water
necessary for exchange purposes can
be made available from Utah lake res
ervoir through the installation of addi-
tional pumps, or the rectiflcatiOn Of the
river channel, and that its certain de-
livery to the farmers, can be effected
by reasonable expenditure for repairs
on the City canal
In addition to the prospective rights
the city has taken an optfon on Spring
creek, which can be exercised il il
shall be thought prudent to do so. But
the Spring creek proposition is not in
cluded in any of the recommendations
or estimates CT this address.
There is nothing experimental in the
plan of procuring supply OF potable
water for an equivalent Of irrigation
water. The city has had the use of
Parley's creek water fer the past fif-
teen years. under a similar plan, and
during that time there has not been
to exceed two days of Interrupted flow
no longer than ii is often necessary to
shut off the water from some street
main TO effect needed repair.
How Money Will Be Spent
The works by which il is proposed to
consummate the plan and the cost Of
such works as estimated by the city en-
gineer, are as follows:
Conduit from Cottonwood TO
Farley ......... ....-.... --S30O.UOO.UO
Power plant at mouth of
Parley'S .....-...... .......-. 4O,0OVOO
Developments al Utah lake. e.. 20O,G00.O0
Repairs on City canal 1890. 100000
| Improvement of distribution
system ......-..- ........I..- I0V,OOU.UV
Change Of water .........,.,. 5O.OOO.Oo
| REIMBURSEMENT Of power
! rights and incidentals....... 50,000.OO
Engineering preliminaries and
supervision 1890 .---.-.-- 4O,uOuUO
/ Total estimated cost. $3.50, 00O.00
/ The proposed conduit will be con-
| structed Of cement concrete and be OF
such dimensions as will carry the &C
| quired water. 1t will discharge the
! Mill creek and Cottonwood waters into
/ Parley's creek at an elevation of $50
| feet above the intake Of the Farley s
canyon conduit, through which the
water will be carried to the city. The
! $50 feet of fall between the discharge
end of the proposed conduit ana the
! intake of Parley's canyon conduit will
| be utilized through the construction of
/ the proposed power plant, i'm the pro
/ duction Of power for pumping sewage
/ from the proposed west side intercept
! ing sewer up into the present gravity
sewer.
Work at Utah Lake.
The development work at Utah
lake viii be Of such character as
| will make certain and sufficient. for
| exchange and other purposes, the sup
/ Ply of water from that source. This
| work may DE done in connection with
| that for which plans are now being
! prepared by the United States Teclama-
t,on service. or independently as may
lie found most advantageous to the
! city
The repairs on the city canal will
consist of such work as VIII put that
channel i'm proper condition to deliver
| with certainty the water which VIII be
. developed at the lake.
The Improvement of the distribution
system will comprise such enlarge
ments and extensions in the present
| pipe system as will enable the proper
distribution of the added water supply
The many considerations in effectine
the proposed exchange of water viii re-
quire the sum shown in the above
| statement.
The cost of eXtinguishing the several
| power rights situated below the point
| of proposed diversion on Big Cotton
wood, and for miscellaneous incfdentals
| it is estimated will require the amount
placed in the schedule for these pur-
poses.
The cost Of the preliminary and su-
pervising work for engineering ha.
/ been estimated at per cent OF the cosi
for the entire work, which it is though
will be ample.
Limits on City's Power,
The city is not in a condition finan-
clally to obtain an absolute title to thu
mountain water, because 1t is not abb
To purchase the water rights. If thu
city were bonded to the constitutions
limit. it would not have sufficient
money, after constructing the conduit
and making provision for the distriDu.
ton Of water in the city, to purchase
sufficient mountain water tONnaterialiy
increase the present supply. But ever
Ii the city could raise the money L
purchase the water. inasmuch as Il
already owns a canal and valuabl,
water right from Jordan river anC
Utah lake, would il not De BETTE
business proposition to utilize tina