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Wellfield contamination has not been a major problem for most of Indian River County . There is some potential exposure to this hazard in the eastern portion of the County , but overall , the County vulnerability to this hazard is considered low . The County addresses the issue of wellfield contamination in the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan — Future Land Use Element. 4. 2. 5. 2 Risk Assessment At the time of publication , no data were available to determine the potential loss associated with wellfield contamination in Indian River County , 4 .2 . 6 Communications Failure As society emerges from industrial production into the age of information , we are seeing new kinds of technological accidents/disasters . Recently , a communications failure occurred that was the worst in 37 years of satellite service . Some major problems with the telecommunications satellite Galaxy IV drastically affected 120 companies in the paging industry ( Rubin , 1998 ) . Radio and other forms of news broadcasts also were affected . The pager failure not only affected personal and business communications , but emergency managers and medical personnel as well . 4. 2. 6. 1 Vulnerability Assessment Communication failure can have the following potential impacts w thin a community : • Telecommunications system outage ; • Economic disruption ; and • Disruption of community services . Communications failures have a greater potential to produce adverse economic impacts in business- based rather than retirement or residential communities . On the other hand , communications system failures in residential and retirement communities may put more human lives at risk . Indian River County' s vulnerability to communications systems failures is generally considered moderate . The City of Vero Beach has a hig er vulnerability to this hazard because it is the center of government and business within thE County , and Fellsmere has a low vulnerability due to its location and small population size . Basically , Indian River County' s vulnerability to this hazard is no greater or less than m st other Florida coastal counties . 4. 2. 6. 2 Risk Assessment At the time of publication , no data were available to determine thE potential loss associated with communication failure in Indian River County . 4 .2 . 7 Military Ordnance from WWII Unexploded military ordnance is a hazard unique to Indian River County . The former Ft. Pierce Naval Amphibious Training Base was established in 1942 , and its training exercises were conducted on outlying areas of North and South Hutchinson stands . Training at the base included testing of bombs , rockets , and mines . Several explosive devices left 4-60