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COMMISSIONER LOY THEN DISCUSSED ESTIMATING BILLINGS AND <br />BROUGHT UP MRS. STRICKLANDIS 'BILL WHICH HAD INCREASED AN UNACCOUNTABLE <br />AMOUNT FROM ONE MONTH TO THE NEXT. <br />MR. WRIGHT DISCUSSED MRS, STRICKLAND'S POOL WITH HER AND <br />CONCLUDED THAT THIS MATTER BEARS SOME INVESTIGATION. HE FELT THE <br />METER MIGHT HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY READ OR INCORRECTLY CALCULATED, <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THE FIGURES PRESENTED APPLY ONLY <br />TO THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MID -FLORIDA SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL WATERWORKS. <br />ATTORNEY GATLIN STATED THAT THESE ARE THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />FIGURES WITH SOME ALLOCATIONS FROM OTHER OFFICES, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE QUESTIONED MR, WRIGHT ABOUT THE WATER TESTS <br />REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, <br />MR, WRIGHT REPLIED THAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT PERIODIC <br />OR MONTHLY SAMPLES BE FURNISHED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. <br />MR. MCALLISTER STATED THAT THERE ARE S SAMPLES TAKEN MONTHLY <br />TWO FROM THE RAW WATER AND SIX FROM POINTS SCATTERED ABOUT THE SYSTEM AT <br />DIFFERENT PLACES EACH MONTH, HE NOTED THAT THIS IS ONLY A BACTERID- <br />LOGICAL TEST, BUT STATED THAT HE DOES A TEST ON IRON, CHLORINE, ETC., <br />AT THE PLANT EACH DAY. MR. MCALLISTER CONTINUED THAT THE TEST SHOWS <br />ONLY A TRACE OF IRON AND THAT HE SENDS HIS REPORTS TO THE WEST PALM <br />BEACH HEALTH DEPARTMENT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE FIGURES SHOW AN UPGRADING <br />OF THE SYSTEM IN 1974, BUT NO IMPROVEMENTS ARE SHOWN FOR 1975 OR 1976 <br />EVEN AFTER ALL THE COMPLAINTS MADE IN 1974, <br />MR. WRIGHT SAID THAT WAS TRUE AND NONE WERE MADE BECAUSE THEY <br />THOUGHT THE SYSTEM WAS WORKING. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE THEN DISCUSSED FLUSHING OF THE SYSTEM ASKING <br />IF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM HAS EVER BEEN FLUSHED SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. <br />MR. WRIGHT STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN FLUSHED MANY TIMES. THE <br />CONCENTRATION OF THE FLUSHING IS MAINLY IN THE ROCKRIDGE AREA. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON ASKED IF IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME THAT IF <br />THE ENTIRE SYSTEM WAS FLUSHED ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE QUALITY OF THE <br />WATER MIGHT IMPROVE, <br />21 <br />Ep 141977 uG��. :�:1 �,, 50 <br />