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r <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED MR. FOX IF HE BELIEVED THE <br />PROBLEM WAS NOT IN THE RAW WATER AND NOT IN THE TREATMENT, BUT IN THE <br />DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, WOULD HE THEN ADVISE'A FIRM TO PURCHASE SUCH A <br />SYSTEM. <br />MR. FOX STATED THAT HE WOULD, BECAUSE IF THE PROBLEM WERE <br />IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, IT OBVIOUSLY COULD ONLY BE IN ROCKRIDGE <br />WHERE THE GALVINIZED PIPE IS, AND BECAUSE IT IS ISOLATED IT WOULD <br />NOT BE THAT DIFFICULT TO REMEDY, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT THEN REVIEWED WITH MR. FOX EXHIBITS <br />14, 15 AND 16, (TESTS OF THE WATER SAMPLES TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, <br />19TH AND 26TH) TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WERE WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS <br />FOR THE STATE STANDARDS FOR TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS, IRON AND COLOR. <br />AFTER AN ITEM BY ITEM REVIEW, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT <br />THE SAMPLE TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST FAILS TWO OF THE THREE STIPULATED <br />STANDARDS; THE SAMPLE TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 19TH FAILS TWO OUT OF THREE; <br />AND THE SAMPLE TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 26TH FAILS ALL THREE OF THE STIPU- <br />LATED STANDARDS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY COMMENTED THAT SINCE OCTOBER OF 1973 THIS <br />BOARD HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN TOLD BY THE OFFICIALS OF MID -FLORIDA <br />UTILITIES AND GENERAL WATERWORKS THAT THEY HAD EXCEPTIONALLY FINE <br />WATER AND THAT THEY HAD UPGRADED THE PLANT AND TREATED THE WATER BUT <br />IT WAS THE DISTRIBUTION -LINES THAT WERE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. SHE <br />FELT IT IS INTERESTING THAT THEIR TESTIMONY NOW IS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THEY HAVE TESTIFIED THAT <br />THEY HAVE A LIMITED WATER SUPPLY AND DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANS FOR EX- <br />PANSION, BUT THIS SAME COMPANY AT ONE TIME HAD AN ENORMOUS FRANCHISE, <br />THOUGH THEY HAVE NOT SEEN FIT TO TRY TO EXPAND THEIR SYSTEM. SHE <br />CONTINUED THAT IN REGARD TO A WATER SOURCE, WE HAVE A NEW UTILITY <br />COMPANY LOCATED IN A FORMER FRANCHISE AREA OF MID -FLORIDA. COMMIS- <br />SIONER LOY REITERATED THAT MID -FLORIDA HAS CONSISTENTLY TOLD THE <br />BOARD THEY WERE PRODUCING A VERY GOOD WATER, BUT IT IS THE DISTRI- <br />BUTION LINES THAT CAUSE THE PROBLEMS. <br />ATTORNEY GATLIN ASKED WHO TOLD THE BOARD ABOUT THE,DISTRI- <br />BUTION LINES. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT QUOTED FROM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING <br />OF OCTOBER 10, 1973: "MR. WRIGHT STATED THAT THERE IS GALVANIZED PIPE <br />THROUGHOUT THIS FRANCHISE AREA AND STATED THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM <br />13 <br />SEP 2719,77 - ma 31 Pace 166 <br />