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MR. GATLIN ASKED THAT A CONTINUING OBJECTION BE PUT ON RECORD <br />AS TO THE RECEIPT OF THESE DOCUMENTS AS EVIDENCE. <br />MRS, DAISY CLOSE SPOKE IN REGARD TO THE -QUALITY OF THE WATER, <br />SHE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE HAD FOUND IT NECESSARY TO HAVE A <br />WATER PURIFIER INSTALLED UNDER HER SINK AT A COST OF $102.00. THIS <br />TYPE PURIFIER HAS A CHARCOAL FILTER WHICH HAS TO BE REPLACED AT LEAST <br />TWICE A YEAR FOR $8,00 EACH:TIME. SHE STATED THAT SINCE NOVEMBER OF <br />1975 IT HAS COST HER $136.00 OVER AND ABOVE THE PRESENT WATER RATE TO <br />OBTAIN WATER THAT IS DRINKABLE, WHICH WOULD WORK OUT TO A RATE OF ABOUT <br />$12.50 PER MONTH. SHE CONTINUED THAT MANY PEOPLE BUY THEIR DRINKING <br />WATER, WHICH COSTS ABOUT $8.00 PER MONTH, AND OTHER PEOPLE FILL GALLON <br />JUGS AT ANY AVAILABLE PLACE IN VERO BEACH. MRS. CLOSE STATED THAT THEY <br />CONSIDER MID -FLORIDA WATER UNDRINKABLE: IT TASTES AWFUL, IS DISCOLORED, <br />AND DISCOLORS THE FIXTURES. <br />MR. RILEY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AS EXHIBIT 6, A CERTIFICATE <br />FROM THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT STATING THAT A SAMPLE <br />OF MID -FLORIDA WATER SUBMITTED BY ANN SEDGES FOR ANALYSIS WAS UN- <br />SATISFACTORY. <br />MR. GATLIN OBJECTED TO THIS BEING SUBMITTED AS EVIDENCE <br />BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY HAD THE TEST DONE HAD NOT SUBMITTED IT. <br />MR..RILEY CALLED MRS. SEDGES FORWARD AND ATTORNEY COLLINS <br />SWORE HER IN. <br />MRS. SEDGES STATED THAT SHE LIVES AT 1595 10TH PLACE AND <br />IDENTIFIED THE CERTIFICATE AS ONE GIVEN TO HER BY THE INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR AN ANALYSIS ON A WATER SAMPLE TAKEN FROM <br />HER SINK. MRS. SEDGES STATED THAT SHE OBTAINED A STERILIZED BOTTLE <br />FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN HER <br />IN REGARD TO TAKING A SAMPLE OF THE WATER. COPY OF EXHIBIT 6 IS <br />HEREBY MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES. <br />7 <br />• BOOK 31 PAU :36 <br />�* 'F 14 <br />1977 <br />Y 7 <br />