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Show year what reasonable foresight dictated years before, would not suffice. Something had to be done at once, something that would result in a new water supply, and not next year or even months hence, but that very summer. The Water Commissioner was deluged with suggestions but he did the one thing adequate, as nearly as anything could have been adequate, to the imminent hazard. He embarked upon a well- drilling program on a " no water no pay" basis. Nearly twenty new wells were drilled and a flow of approximately 40 cubic feet of water per second was thus brought in. The initial cost was heavy; operating expenses were heavy, and a great deal of litigation resulted, but the total expense was trifling as compared to the losses averted by this and the coordinating action of City Engineer Beers on Utah Lake. jy, ~.:^. * t , ^ gg 4> S v Oi - 6F . >>*•'•- ' v^-'- t* 52- A. ( Above) Another view of Big Cottonwood Creek, dried by the drouth of 1934. The wells drilled that year and ' since been utilized to a lesser extent some wells acquired during 1931 have and steps have been taken toward the 53. One of the most productive of the emergency pump welh driven in 1934. This well produced a flow of approximately 10 cubic feet of water per second. Uncertainties of the underground water supply and the expense of pumping preclude reliance upon such wells as perman' ent sources. S. L. C. Water Dept. ,* MWt* |