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MR. WRIGHT FELT THAT COULD BE ASSUMED. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON ASKED HOW REGULARLY IS THE ENTIRE <br />SYSTEM FLUSHED, BUT MRs WRIGHT COULD NOT GIVE HIM A SPECIFIC ANSWER, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT MID—FLORIDA CAN SEE HOW <br />UNHAPPY THE PEOPLE ARE WITH THE WATER THAT IS BEING SUPPLIED TO THEM. <br />HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE BOARD GAVE THEM AN INCREASE IN 1974 AND ONLY <br />ONE IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN MADE FOR $34,000. HE FELT THAT MID—FLORIDA <br />HAS MADE VERY LITTLE EFFORT TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. <br />MR. WRIGHT STATED THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN EFFORT WITHIN THE <br />ECONOMIC MEANS AVAILABLE TO THEM. HE STATED THAT TO MAKE THE WATER <br />SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH WOULD REQUIRE AN EXPENDITURE OF <br />APPROXIMATELY $400,000, AND SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT IS NOT INCLUDED IN <br />ANY WAY IN THE PRESENT RATE CASE. HE DID NOT FEEL A $400,000 PLANT <br />WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CUSTOMERS EITHER BECAUSE MID—FLORIDA <br />WOULD BE TREATING A LIMITED SOURCE OF WATER AND THERE WOULD BE N0' <br />ADDITIONAL CUSTOMERS TO HELP PAY FOR THIS WHICH WOULD BE A TERRIBLE <br />BURDEN TO THE CUSTOMERS. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT MR. WRIGHT PREVIOUSLY <br />ESTIMATED THAT A $400,000 INVESTMENT WOULD COST EACH CUSTOMER ABOUT <br />$3.50 A MONTH. HE POINTED OUT THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE BUYING DRINKING <br />WATER AND CARRYING WATER TO THEIR HOMES, AND HE DOES NOT FEEL THAT <br />$3.50 A MONTH WOULD BE A MAJOR PROBELM WITH THEM IF THEY WERE GETTING <br />DECENT WATER. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THE ONLY IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE <br />BEEN MADE WERE MADE BECAUSE MID—FLORIDA COULDNIT GET THE RATE INCREASE <br />WITHOUT THEM. <br />MR, WRIGHT SAID THE BOARD DID NOT DEMAND THE IMPROVEMENTS; <br />THEY ASKED WHAT. MID—FLORIDA WAS GOING TO DO, AND THEY GAVE THEM AN <br />OUTLINE WHICH THE BOARD FELT WAS FINE AND AGREED THAT THE RATES WOULD <br />BE EFFECTIVE AS SOON AS THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT MID—FLORIDA I.S ASKING <br />FOR AN INCREASE, BUT IS NOT SAYING WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE THE WATER <br />SUITABLE. <br />22 <br />SEP 14 1977 <br />moK 31 PArF 51 <br />
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