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