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CHAIRMAN WODTKE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THERE WILL BE NEW AND MORE STRINGENT STANDARDS. JOHN ROBBINS TALKED ABOUT DISSOLVED SOLIDS, ETC., AND SODIUM LIMITS FOR TREATMENT. HE NOTED THAT THE EPA ALREADY HAS ADOPTED MORE STRINGENT STANDARDS THAN ARE ON THE BOOKS NOW. THE ONLY PRESUMPTION THAT HAD AT THE TIME OF PREPARING THIS REPORT WAS THE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS THAT WERE ON THE BOOKS, BUT HE STATED THAT THEY D I D TRY TO ItCRYSTAL BALL 11 IT A BIT. TOM TESSIER EXPLAINED THAT REVERSE OSMOSIS REMOVES 957 of EVERYTHING IN THE WATER. IN THE LIME SOFTENING PROCESS, WHEN WATER QUALITY REACHES A CERTAIN LEVEL, CHEMICALLY YOU ARE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL YOU CAN REMOVE FROM WATER. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED FOR AN EDUCATED GUESS AS TO WHETHER IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THE STAND- ARDS WITH EITHER TREATMENT PLANT, TOM TESSIER PRESENTED FIGURES AND DISCUSSED THE TREATMENT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO TO MEET CERTAIN STANDARDS. HE STATED THE INCOMING WATER IS IN THE 400-900 LEVEL FOR DISSOLVING SOLIDS, AND IF IT GOES TO THE UPPER LIMITS, YOU WILL HAVE PROBLEMS MEETING THE DRINK- ING WATER STANDARDS. HE NOTED THE CITY OF VERO BEACH IS LOOK AT 750- 800 PRESENTLY SO THEY ARE BORDERLINE RIGHT NOW. COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THAT BEING ABLE TO MEET THE STANDARDS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. COMMISSIONER LYONS AGREED AND WAS OF THE OPINION THIS WILL TAKE US TO THE REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM, WHICH HE DID NOT FAVOR BUT FELT WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE. JOHN ROBBINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE BELIEVED THE WATER QUALITY IS CHANGING FOR THE WORSE, THE FACT THAT THE AREA IS RECHARGED BY DRAINAGE CANALS FED BY THE CITRUS COUNTRY INDICATES WATER QUALITY PROBABLY WILL NOT IMPROVE, AND THAT IS WHY THEY RECOM- MEND REVERSE OSMOSIS. THEY DO NOT WANT TO IMPLEMENT A PLANT THAT - WILL HAVE TO HAVE MORE CAPITAL OUTLAY TO MEET STANDARDS WITHIN A FEW YEARS. _ 21 OCT 161979 BOOK 4PAGE 11%4