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MR. WRIGHT NOTED THAT A PRIVATE UTILITY COMPANY DOES NOT <br />HAVE AVAILABLE TO IT THE LOW COST GRANTS OR FEDERAL MONEY MADE AVAILABLE <br />TO SOLVE THE GIFFORD WATER PROBLEM. HE STATED THAT THE SOLUTION APPEARS <br />TO BE TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE AND CONVINCE THE CITY OF VERO-BEACH THAT <br />THEY COULD CONNECT TO THEIR SYSTEM AT A MUCH LESSER COST, WHICH HE <br />BELIEVED WOULD SOLVE THE QUALITY PROBLEM, MR. WRIGHT STATED THAT THEY <br />KNOW THE MID -FLORIDA WATER,.ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY GOOD, DOES <br />PASS THE POTABLE TEST OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HE STATED THAT THEY <br />HAVE NOT BEEN CITED OR WARNED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT THE WATER <br />IS UNFIT TO DRINK. <br />MR. WRIGHT NOTED THAT IN 1974 MID -FLORIDA WAS GRANTED A RATE <br />INCREASE, AND IT WAS BASED ON EXPENSES FOR 1972 SO WHEN THEY GOT THE <br />RATE INCREASE IN 1974, THEY WERE ALREADY THE VICTIM OF TWO YEARS OF <br />INFLATION. HE CONTINUED THAT AS TO THE QUALITY OF WATER IN ROCKRIDGE, <br />IN 1974 THEY FELT THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE OLD GALVANIZED 2" <br />MAINS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE "RED WATER LOOK." HE STATED THAT THEY <br />HAVE TRIED TO CLEAR UP THAT PROBLEM BY CONSTANT FLUSHING. THE <br />ENGINEERING STAFF FEELS THE ONLY SOLUTION IS THE TOTAL REPLACEMENT <br />OF THE GALVANIZED MAIN, AND IN 1974 THEY ESTIMATED THIS WOULD COST <br />$85,000, OR NOW WOULD PROBABLY AMOUNT TO $190,999. THIS IS AN -IN- <br />-VESTMENT ON WHICH THE COMPANY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO A RATE OF RETURN. <br />MR. WRIGHT CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT IT IS TOO BAD MID -FLORIDA WASN'T <br />HERE ON THE GROUND FLOOR TO BUILD THE SYSTEM, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING <br />THE KIND OF SERVICE THAT IS BEING PAID FOR. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED FOR THE COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SAID IN VIEW OF ALL THE INFORMATION THAT <br />HAS BEEN PRESENTED THIS DAY, HE FELT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DIGEST ALL <br />THIS AND MAKE ANY DECISION THIS AFTERNOON, BUT HE DOES HAVE A FEW <br />PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS. HE ASKED IF AN ENGINEERING STUDY WAS DONE IN <br />REGARD TO UPGRADING THE SYSTEM AND -WHETHER THEY HAVE ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED <br />WHAT THE PROBLEMS REALLY ARE. <br />Rook 31 Pw 47 <br />18 <br />W <br />Rook 31 Pw 47 <br />