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II I <br />LOWELL LOHMAN, PRESIDENT OF TREASURE COAST UTILITIES, INC., <br />CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED THAT -HE WAS APPEARING FOR A TWO -FOLD <br />REASON. FIRST, HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IT WAS BROUGHT TO HIS <br />ATTENTION LAST WEEK THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS AT WHISPERING PALMS, <br />AND HE NOW HAS PERSONALLY ANSWERED THE LETTERS OF COMPLAINT AND HAD <br />A MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE LAST.NIGHT. HE CONTINUED THAT HE IS TAKING <br />STEPS TO A.TSUkE THEM THAT THE WATER QUALITY WILL BE AS GOOD AS <br />POSSIBLE AND THE SERVICE WILL BE THERE. MR. LOHMAN STATED THAT HE <br />WORKED OUT AW AGREEMENT WITH MR. PECK, WHO IS ONE OF THOSE WRITING <br />LETTERS OF COMPILAINT, TO ASSIST FROM AN INSPECTION STANDPOINT IN A <br />BACK-UP CAPACITY TO ASSURE THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THE PROBLEMS <br />ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF, <br />MR. LOHMAN NEXT DISCUSSED THE PEBBLE BAY SEWAGE TREATMENT <br />PLANT AND NOTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING THE SYSTEM THERE FOR <br />BETTER THAN FIVE YEARS. HE NOTED THAT APPROXIMATELY THREE OR FOUR <br />MONTHS AGO, THEY HAD ONE OF THE SLUDGE RETURN LINES PLUG UP, AND M <br />ALTHOUGH THEY DO INSPECT THE PLANT DAILY, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE <br />LINE COULD HAVE BEEN PLUGGED UP FOR A 24 HOUR PERIOD. MR. LOHMAN <br />„ INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY PROMPTLY PULLED THE LINE AND REPAIRED <br />IT, BUT POINTED OUT THAT WHEN YOU CORRECT A PROBLEM AT A SEWAGE <br />PLANT, IT STILL MAY TAKE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION <br />AND GET RID OF THE ODOR. MR. LOHMAN CONTINUED -THAT THEY HAVE NOW <br />' MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE OPERATOR TO CHECK THE SYSTEM AT 8:00 A.M. <br />AND AGAIN AT 5:00 P.M., WHICH HE FELT WILL ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY <br />OF A 24 HOUR LAG AND PREVENT ANY RECURRENCE OF SUCH PROBLEMS. HE <br />STRESSED THAT THIS IS THE ONLY INSTANCE IN THE FIVE YEARS THEY HAVE <br />BEEN OPERATING THE PLANT THAT THEY HAVE HAD AN ODOR PROBLEM. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THERE IS QUITE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN <br />TAKING•CARE OF SOMETHING FOR A GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND DOING IT FOR YOURSELF <br />AND AS FAR AS SHE IS CONCERNED, WHEN SOMEONE WORKS FOR INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, SHE WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BE ON THE JOB ALL THE TIME. SHE <br />NOTED THAT MR. LOHMAN HAS INDICATED THAT HE HAS MADE SOME NEW <br />ARRANGMENTS THAT MAY HELP ACCOMPLISH THIS, BUT REITERATED THAT SHE <br />DOES NOT WANT THIS SEWER PLANT IN TROUBLE WITH ANYONE UNDER ANY <br />56 <br />JUL 19 1979 <br />