Water Quality

1977-LWVSL.Sewage&WaterQuality Position

Statement of Position: SEWAGE AND WATER QUALITY

The League of Women Voters believes that the Salt Lake area sewage treatment facilities which empty into the Jordan River are inadequate. We urge that the sewage treatment system be upgraded to protect the health and ecology of our community. To this end, the LWV supports achievement of economical and coordinated sewage treatment through a regional management agency. We support one single treatment plant phasing out existing plants emptying into the Jordan River, provided that a single plant continues to be the most economical proposal to achieve adequate treatment. We urge coordination and consolidation of water supply and distribution for the Salt Lake area.

Original position 1953, updated February 1965, January 1977, February 1965, January 1977