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THE OUTFALL OF THE EFFLUENT GOES INTO THE SOUTH RELIEF CANAL, AND THUS <br />IS REGULATED VERY CLOSELY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HE STATED THAT <br />THE TANENS HAVE ALREADY SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND MONEY TRYING TO <br />GET THIS PLANT IN COMPLIANCE. <br />'CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF IT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT <br />SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE COSTS, OPERATING EXPENSES, ETC., WOULD BE REDUCED <br />WITH A NEW FACILITY. <br />MR. BEINDORF SAID THIS WAS POSSIBLE, BUT COULD ONLY BE <br />DETERMINED AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGAIN DISCUSSED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT WITH <br />MR. EDELSTEIN AND FELT WITH A NEW FACILITY. THE 1974 FIGURES MIGHT BE <br />MORE APPLICABLE THAN THE 1975 FIGURES. <br />MELVIN TAKEN STATED THAT HE DID NOT PARTICULARLY ANTICIPATE <br />ANY LESSER COST WITH A NEW FACILITY' AS THE STATE IS REQUIRING A LICENSED <br />OPERATOR WHICH WILL UNDOUBTEDLY MEAN A HIGHER SALARY, AND THEY WILL HAVE <br />MUCH EQUIPMENT THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE NOW, <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED ON THE ACCOUNTING STATEMENT AND ITEMS � <br />RELATING TO OPERATING EXPENSES, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE OPPOSING THE <br />PROPOSED INCREASE TO RAISE THEIR HANDS, EVERYONE DID. HE THEN ASKED <br />IF THEY FELT ANY KIND OF INCREASE IS APPROPRIATE AND IT WAS GENERALLY <br />4 <br />i <br />AGREED SOME INCREASE WAS JUSTIFIED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT THEN ASKED IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED <br />TO BE HEARD. + <br />MRs,BOBBI PARKER PRESENTED A JAR OF WATER DEMONSTRATING THE <br />SEDIMENT TO BE FOUND IN THE WATER AND ASKED IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO I <br />i <br />PUT IN NEW WELLS, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO IMPROVE THE DRINKING WATER? <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED THE DEVELOPER IF THERE IS A RATE <br />INCREASE, WILL THE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO DRINK THE WATER OR WILL THEY STILL <br />HAVE TO BUY BOTTLED WATER? <br />MR, BEINDORF DOUBTED THE WATER WOULD EVER BE EQUIVALENT TO <br />CITY WATER, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE STATE HAS ALREADY SAID THEY ARE IN <br />VL'OLATroulN REGARD TO COLOR AND SOLIDS AND THEY HAVE TO GET WITHIN THE <br />ALLOWABLE STANDARDS, BUT CANNOT SAY FOR SURE THAT EVEN THAT WOULD SATISFY <br />THE PEOPLE. <br />25 2O2: <br />