Roosevelt City Secondary Water System

Roosevelt City is working on creating a secondary water system for the residents of the city. When we lived in Spanish Fark we had secondary water. Small fee year round, and during the summer months you pay for usage. It was nice to use the secondary water for the grass. I'm all for secondary water for irrigation usage. It's a way to conserve what we can so we have enough for culinary use.

I have a few thoughts/ideas about what needs done.

First off, some background on what I know about the system in place. As part of the High Uintas lake stabilization project, Big Sand Wash Reservoir was enlarged. Roosevelt City now has a large pipeline from the reservoir to the city bringing secondary water in. They have piped the water to the golf course, Constitution Park, and the cemetary. The project of enlarging the lake was started in 2004ish. I'm not totally sure when the pipeline was started.

That being said, I'll move on to my points of question about planning and what not. There have been many new subdivisions built since 2004. All of which have required new roads and infrastructure. It costs money to build a subdivision, this I know. Trenches need to be dug to lay pipelines for water, sewer and storm drains.

Question one is this: Knowing that the master plan for the secondary water was to bring it to each individual home, are secondary water pipelines already in the ground in all the subdivisions that have gone up since the inception of the Sand Wash pipeline?

My guess is no. Why is that my guess? POOR PLANNING! Am I right? I'll find out on the 24th at the public hearing. One new road that has been all but paved is 500 East, starting at 800 South and going south to Pole Line Road. That is one mile on the nose using the ruler on Google Earth. Homes are already being built in the area. Subdivisions are planned. Are there new secondary water pipes stubbed to each lot? Probably not. The city council could have created an ordinance requiring secondary water to be stubbed to each lot in all subdivisions built/planned after the pipeline project was reality.

I hope they did plan ahead, but it's all about the dollars. Save the cents now, so we can pay our friends dollars later. If they didn't stub in the lines and put in the mains in all the subdivisions, they are going to have to go in and rip up fairly NEW pavement, dig new trenches, run the pipe, and stub water to each lot. If they did think ahead, then all they'd have to do is dig the trenches in the old pavement to get the secondary water to where the new pipeline was capped and started. Little to no new pavement would have to be disturbed, thus providing longevity to the road.

Is this a rant? Yes! Am I glad to get it off my chest? YES! Am I going to run for City Council again and win? Of course I am! This summer two more seats will be open. One of them has my name on it. I have a lot more future to plan for than those on the council currently. I'm not ripping on them because they are old, I'm just stating a fact. I'm 30, they are much older. Hopefully my future is at least 20 years longer than theirs.

More questions about the project will come... It occupies my mind at night quite a bit... I need to get a notepad by my bed..