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GREATER WATER CAPACITY, AND IT IS APPARENT THAT IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL <br />HAVE TO BE A WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY. SHE <br />ALSO FELT WE WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO HANDLE IMMEDIATE <br />NEEDS, RATHER THAN HAVE HALF A DOZEN MORE LITTLE WATER PLANTS • BUILT. <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF AGREED THAT WE HAVE THE WATER RESOURCE STUDY <br />DONE IN 1973 FOR WHICH THE COUNTY PAID OVER $30,000, AND STATED THAT THERE <br />HAS BEEN NOTHING ARISE SINCE THEN TO INDICATE THAT THE STUDY IS NOT CORRECT. <br />HE, THEREFORE, FELT WE HAVE THE BACKGROUND TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS.. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS AGREED THAT THERE IS A GREAT DISADVANTAGE <br />TO SALT AND PEPPERING" SMALL SYSTEMS OVER THE COUNTY INSTEAD OF HAVING <br />A MAIN SYSTEM. <br />MR. SCHLITT STATED THAT, IF THE BOARD WISHED, HE COULD COME BACK <br />WITH SOMETHING OF A MORE CONCRETE NATURE; I.E., AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD <br />INDICATE THAT TRANSMISSION LINES LARGER THAN THOSE NEEDED FOR THE <br />DEVELOPER WOULD BE PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER AND WOULD ALLOW THE COUNTY <br />T <br />TO TIE IN OTHER INDIVIDUALS.. HE NOTED THAT HE FEELS THE FIRST STEP <br />IS TO FIND A WAY TO TAP THE WATER SOURCE SO THAT IT DOES NOT ADVERSELY <br />AFFECT THE CURRENT RESIDENTS. HE FELT THAT HE AND OTHERS CAN PROVIDE <br />AN ANSWER TO BRINGING THE WATER FROM THE SOURCE TO THE AREA OF DEVELOP- <br />MENT, BUT THAT THE COUNTY MUST BE THE ENTITY TO PROVIDE THE SOURCE. <br />KENNETH PANGBURN OF THE WABASSO CITIZENS LEAGUE BROUGHT UP THE <br />MATTER OF THE WABASSO BRIDGE NOT BEING ENGINEERED FOR WATER LINES OTHER <br />THAN THE ONE FOR JOHN'S ISLAND. HE ALSO REPORTED THAT HE HELPS MONITOR <br />_THE PRESENT WELLFIELD AND THAT N0. 2 WELL HAS GONE DOWN ALMOST TWO FEET <br />RECENTLY ALTHOUGH IT WAS PREDICTED THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A DECLINE <br />OF THIS DEGREE AT ANY TIME. HE NOTED THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE <br />CONFLICT BETWEEN THE EXPERT TESTIMONY WHICH STATED THAT IT MIGHT BE <br />AS LONG AS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS BEFORE THERE WAS ANY DRASTIC AFFECT, AND <br />WHAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED -IN 90 DAYS. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THEIR INTEREST - <br />WOULD BE MUCH MORE PROTECTED IF THESE SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS WERE DONE <br />UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE COUNTY INSTEAD OF A PRIVATE DEVELOPER. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE REQUESTED MR. SCHLITT TO PURSUE THIS MATTER <br />j AND COME BACK WITH A MORE FACTUAL REPORT, AND STATED THAT IN THE <br />MEANTIME WE WILL CONSULT WITH COUNTY ENGINEERS TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET <br />STARTED ON THE OVERALL PROBLEM. <br />17 <br />1977 0"k du 7 <br />