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Show 6 RESERVOIR CAPACITIES Equalizing or distributing reservoirs Gallons j * J New City Creek pipe line tank 50,000 ! '.,..• i Twentieth Ward tank ( City Creek) 46,000 ; I Brick tank ( City Creek) 225,000 J Pleasant Valley reservoir, ( City Greek) 5,000,000 i i Capital Hill basin 2,000,000 j Thirteenth East reservoir 5,000,000 I ! • Parley's Canyon reservoir 1,690,000 i I - - Fifth South street reservoir 10.000,000 I • I ! ' I jsunnyside reservoir 10,000,000 34,011,000 Storage Reservoirs I Lake Phoebe- Mary 241,845,000 , ! I Twin Lakes 306,049,000 Mountain Dell 1,145,000,000 1,692,894,000 Grand Total 1,726,905,000 Maximum benefits from water already controlled and which may be acquired subsequently in the streams entering this part of the valley can be obtained only by storage of flood and excess flows. The information concerning possible storage facilities is far from complete. Detailed investigation is under way on three possible sites in Big Cottonwood and on two in Mill Creek. While there are surmises regarding other possible sites, a detailed study, thus far, has not been undertaken. Cursory examination of City Creek drainage by the city engineer is reported to have left questionable further storage there. The engineer |