By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
A new community water study could
benefit the residents of Mona.
Paul Wright, engineer, was
invited to the council meeting by Cory Squire, council
member, to discuss the benefit of developing a community
water master plan.
"It would cost $23,500 to do a
master plan," said Wright.
In keeping with the master plan
proposal, Squire showed the council a power-point
presentation of the water system, both culinary and
secondary, that he had mapped for the city.
The work was placed on the latest
GPS aerial map and showed storage tanks, city pipelines and
the secondary system delivery lines.
"Paul Wright did all the
engineering for the water system," said Squire.
It had been five years, or more,
since the well and the new tank had been added to the
system. said Wright. "With all the growth Mona is
experiencing, it would benefit the city to have a water
master plan."
He said the study would consider
what the city currently has, what future needs would be and
the best way to achieve future goals.
"My gut feeling is that you are
in pretty good condition as to drinking water," said
Wright.
As for both culinary and
secondary water, he said, the goal would be to determine how
much water would be needed for the future.
"We would determine how much was
needed and consider the density of the population in
determining that amount," said Wright.
If the future needs are designed
from a planned perspective they can benefit the
community.
The master plan development could
involve the community, he said, and they could help plan
through public meetings. The drinking water commission could
also be involved.
After the council "bought off" on
the plan, it would be placed on file with the Drinking Water
Board.
Once it was filed, said Wright,
it would need to be kept up-dated.
"You would want to keep it
current," he said.
He told council members that the
work Squire had done to put the current system on the
computer would be very helpful in forming a master
plan.
Master plans were extremely
useful tools for cities, he said. He had completed one,
recently, for Highland.
"This is a proposal at this
point," said Wright.
The council will now discuss the
pros and cons of having such a study done and will also
discuss methods of financing the work.
"One of the main reasons to have
the study done is to plan for the growth that is coming,"
said Squire. "We have a lot of data but it would be nice to
know what is the best way to handle the water system in the
future."
Allen Pay, water master, said the
burden of providing for new growth should continue to be on
the shoulders of the developers. They were the ones making a
profit and were the ones causing the impact to the system.
No meetings in Mona until January
10th
Mona City has canceled regular
council meeting for the end of December.
There will not be a meeting on
Dec. 27, two days after Christmas.
The meeting was listed on the
city meeting schedule.
"We have decided that we should
cancel the meeting because it is so close to Christmas,"
said Bryce Lynn, mayor.
The next meeting, scheduled for
Jan. 10, will be the night when the officials elected in
November will be sworn-in, he said.
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