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Observer, l Grande, Ore., Frl.p'fe. 14, 1958 Pagt 7
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.. 'Grande, Oregon Under the Act of March 8, 1897.
Pollution In Our Cities
When the census bureau issued its recent prediction
of a "population explosion" in this country-it gave new
dimensions to. a lot of our nagging: problems. Not the
least of these was the growing need for clean water in
our cities.
. Experts assure us that we have no shortage of water,
as such, in this country. The shortage is clean water. ;
Our difficulties stem from the growth of the metro
politan areas. Since 1940 practically all of the increase
was from 132 million to 175 million.
In addition to that, our use' of 'water- has increased
from 122 gallons to 160 gallons jafly per individual.
Automatic washers and other changes in our living
account for this. .: . : -
So the problem centers in our cities. 1
A good many communities are. in real trouble. One
difficulty is in the suburban areas. "Hunting cheaper
land, developers get out of the ratige. of municipal water
and sewage lines, .New homes! have' to be served by
septic tanks a vastly technical operation , when done
rigKt and many homeowners run into difficulties.
, The League of Women Voters; Studying the problem
of clean water supplies and proper-sewage disposal,
fqund it was universal. . ' ;
"The problem has been with , lis for, a long time and
steadily grows more acute and; affects more- people,"
the league reported to its members. "Y6u probably need
look no further than your own local river, stream, pond,
or lake to understand the need to ;do something about
water pollution.' Here -in 'the ' ri&tiohV capital the Po
tomac has been described as -'the best dressed cesspool
in the country'." -1 .
..The tragic aspect of our cities' graduate descent into
a mire of sewage is that it ,is not 'clear who is, in the
position to rescue them. V . '
The national government has never gone into this
phase of public works with any intensity since the days
of the. old WPA. State govero,neilis,iw.ijth : few. excep-.
Wons&av shrugged -it"ff;." .- :?-; y,
Sadly, the voters in the cities theniselves haven't
accepted . the responsibility to jull themselves out of
their troubles. Last year only 600 Communities felt their
need to the point of putting up bond issues. And one
fourth of these were turned down.
Where there are now 100 million people, in com
munities served by public sewage disposal facilities
now, Fortune magazine estimates there will be 134 mil
lion by 1975. To provide proper facilities the bill will
be 24 billion dollars.- i . s ; : ' . . ,
The growing threat to health, 16ne; should be, enough
to wake up our cities to vyhat.fs 'grtiiig on. Polluted,
snielly brooks and downstream. f lows of .rivers full
of. half-treated sewage don't seem to be enough.
Will it take epidemics of, sickness to make us face
the facts? - --v s:-:,.;' ' .
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A'sdur disposition and a Bad reputation are easiest to
get and hardest to get rid of . '.'
' . It's always easier to measuretip with -your friends if
' you always use the golden rule. . ,7
'. If it's any satisfaction to the ;hair dressers, they cer
tainly 'aren't, the only ones suffering from lack of
permanent work, ' 'r
1 It's probably a surprise for a bill collector when the
lady of the house doesn't say, "Can you come back next
. week? i . - :' . .
. A lot of marriage knots were tied in June and now
a lot of men don't have as much rope.
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