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<br /> <br />Chairman Neuberger moved to Item 12 since this subject was addressed/discussed in Item <br />10 above. <br /> <br /> <br />12. CURRENT WATER SITUATION / FOLLOW-UP <br /> <br />Eric Olson <br />Indian River County (IRC) Director of Utilities described the water situation <br />between Brevard and Indian River Counties as a “sleeping giant”. He explained that like the City <br />of Palm Bay, Indian River also uses deep well and reverse osmosis production. It is the same water <br />system that feeds the agricultural flow wells, and one of the things IRC is looking at is developing <br />a future master plan. He announced that beginning next month there will be a series of community <br />workshops, which will include St. John’s Water Management Districts and public entities, and this <br />would continue into February or March 2007. In addition, representatives from the South Florida <br />Water Management District will be brought in. He continued, that the point of this is to develop a <br />future process plan that would take into consideration all the competing interests within the <br />County. He expressed that both counties need to be looking at expansions to meet the current <br />growth. <br /> <br />Commissioner Davis <br /> commenting on discussions he had about a recent comp plan change <br />proposal, which recently passed, was concerned that with Palm Bay’s new annexation, the St <br />Johns’ Reservoir was going to be on the southern borders of Palm Bay. He asked the person from <br />Palm Bay (with whom he was in conversation) “whose water is that” and the gentleman replied, <br />“The State’s”. Commissioner Davis then questioned whether IRC could start using that for its <br />future water supply, since the water now belongs to the State. <br /> <br />October 25, 2006 <br />19 <br /> <br />Joint Workshop / Brevard <br /> <br />