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