Salt Lake City’s rehabilitation plans focus on a dry art feature, but former Mayor Rocky Anderson is pushing for water to flow again.
City’s rehabilitation plans focus on a dry art feature, but former Mayor Rocky Anderson is pushing for water to flow again.| Updated: 7:39 p.m.was conceived, it was meant to be a celebration of water in a replica of the Salt Lake Valley.
Salt Lake City announced it will reimagine Seven Canyons Fountain in Liberty Park into a dry art feature, pictured Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Details are uncertain, but the aim is to present “an opportunity to educate on the city’s arid climate and changing climate,” Maus said, “and also provide a feature that is educational and celebrated by the community.”Calling this fixture a fountain may be an oversimplification. This was no ordinary amenity. Small streams would flow from the canyon models into a miniature Jordan River and, later, empty into a replica of the Great Salt Lake.
During his administration, health concerns arose when fecal bacteria showed up in the water, he said, which prompted his team to install a filter. The city also points to changes in the park’s ecosystem. It switched to using secondary water for irrigation in Liberty Park some years ago. So untreated water used to irrigate the grass and trees could end up in the fountain — giving rise to another safety consideration.
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