HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19630624 Aspen~ Colorado - Informal Meeting - Aspen City Council -June 24~ 1963
Mayor Garfish, Councilmen Zordel Newell and Beyer, and City dmznzstrator
Humphrey met informally with Mr. Prince and Mr. Brown of the Colorado Health Dept~ Water
at 5:00 PM.
Discussed- recommendation by State Board of Health that City does not call in
the U. S. Board of Health. Also, State Board will send man to Aspen to train
city employee to check for cross connections.
Surface water on Castle Creek - State Board of Health is not too fdhd
of using surface water.
They expressed the opinion that they felt well water to be safe water,
and that contamination may be due to cross connections in system.
Water testing discussed- and they explicitly stated the State Board
of Health can check for bacteria such as coliform, etc. They also stated that-with
the existing facilities it is practically impossible to establish if there are virus
in the water, and said the City should be very careful in checking its water to see
that proper chlorination is being done.
The representatives from the State Board of Health said that, from their ob-
servation, the drilling of wells was a good move for the Aspen water system, and
should they be abandoned in the near future, Aspen could feel that the wells will have
paid for themselves. ~
Question was asked if surface system is installed in Aspen, will it have to be
manned, and the answer was that it would 8 hours a day when first installed, and
hours a day as it grew unless very expensive electronic system is installed.
~ Correction
See Minutes - July 1, 1963 for correction.