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THE "WABASSO WATCHERS", AN ORGANIZATION FORMED TO OPPOSE <br />PLANS TO PUMP WATER FROM THE WABASSO RIDGE AREA ACROSS THE INDIAN RIVER <br />ON THE WABASSO BRIDGE TO JOHNS ISLAND TO IRRIGATE THEIR RESIDENTIAL <br />GOLF COURSE, APPEARED IN THE COUNTY COMMISSION ROOM. THE BOARD <br />HAD RECEIVED A PETITION SIGNED BY 140 RESIDENTS OPPOSING THESE <br />PLANS. <br />BETTY WINTERMUTE, SPOKESMAN FOR THE GROUP,'STATED THAT THIS <br />WATER LINE IS DESIGNED TO CARRY 500,000 GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY <br />AND THE PEOPLE rN WABASSO HAVE A DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE DEPLETION <br />OF THE WATER SUPPLY FOR THIS AREA, <br />JACK JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT PERMITS <br />WERE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE FLORIDA <br />EAST COAST RAILROAD Tb INSTALL WATER LINES UNDER U.S. HIGHWAY 1 AND <br />UNDER THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILROAD. No PERMITS ARE REQUIRED IF THE <br />WATER IS USED FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES, HOWEVER, IF, IN THE FUTURE, <br />THE WATER LINE IS CONVERTED TO PUBLIC USE, IT WOULD REQUIRE A <br />PERMIT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, A FRANCHISE FROM THE BOARD OF <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TREATMENT PLANT. <br />AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE NO <br />JURISDICTION OVER ISSUING PERMITS AND HAVE ISSUED NO PERMITS FOR <br />THIS WATER TRANSFER. MR. WILLIAM V. STORCH, DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE <br />PLANNING WITH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT <br />HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND HE HAS STATED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO PERMIT <br />ISSUED FROM THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR THIS PROJECT. <br />MR. JENNINGS CONTINUED THAT UP TO NOW, PERMITS HAVE BEEN <br />ISSUED FOR WATER LINES ON THE BRIDGE AND THE PERMITS TO GO UNDER <br />U.S. HIGHWAY 1 AND THE RAILROAD, BUT NO PERMITS FOR A WATER ALLOCATION <br />PERMIT TO TRANSMIT WATER THROUGH THIS LINE HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR. <br />MR. JENNINGS SUGGESTED THAT ANYONE HAVING QUESTIONS SHOULD WRITE <br />DIRECTLY TO MR. STORCH. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT OFFERED THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS TO <br />THE WABASSO WATCHERS: <br />1. THE APPLICATION FOR THE PERMITS TO USE STATE RIGHT-OF-WAY <br />FOR THE TRANSMISSION LINES WAS GRANTED TO THE TOWN OF INDIAN <br />RIVER SHORES. I SUGGEST CONTACTING THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER <br />SHORES AND ASKING THEM IF THERE WAS ANY TRANSFER OF THAT <br />-34- <br />CT 2 31974 BOOK Z'01 PAPAQ5 <br />