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ORDINANCE NO. 87-19 <br />primarily for agricultural purposes. However, the Floridan <br />Aquifer is the source of water for the County's reverse -osmosis <br />water treatment plant. <br />The shallow aquifer is recharged from infiltration of <br />rainfall. (See Figure 60). <br />Water Quality Classification - Waters of the State have been <br />classified according to designated uses by the Florida Department <br />of Environmental Regulation. Criteria applicable to each class <br />are designed to maintain minimum conditions necessary to assure <br />suitability of water for the designated use of the <br />classification. The classifications are: <br />Class lA Potable Water Supplies - Surface Waters <br />Class 1B Potable and Agricultural Water Supplies and <br />Storage - Groundwater <br />Class II Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting - Surface <br />Class III Recreation, Propagation and Management of <br />Fish and Wildlife - Surface Waters <br />Class IV Agricultural Water Supplies - Surface Waters <br />Class VA Navigation, Utility and Industrial Use - <br />Class VB Freshwater Storage, Utility and Industrial <br />Surface water within the County, as with most waters of the <br />state, are classified as Class III. The Indian River, north of <br />IRFWCD North Relief Canal, is classified as Class II, generally <br />demanding higher water quality standards. <br />Environmentally Sensitive Areas - Environmentally sensitive <br />areas in the County lie within and along the Indian River. The <br />Indian River from Malabar in Brevard County south to Sebastian <br />and from Vero Beach south to Fort Pierce has been designated as <br />"Outstanding Florida Waters" by virtue of being within State <br />Aquatic Preserves. The seagrass beds and mangrove shorelines <br />provide an ecological base for fish and wildlife habitation. <br />CODING: Words in 4tt404 tAtA type are deletions from existing law. <br />Words underlined are additions. <br />