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OCT 16 1979 . 1 w,)r 745 COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED -IF WE REALLY NEED TO DISCUSS THE MERITS OF THE DEEP WATER AQUIFER OR THE SHALLOW, AND MR. BEINDORF STATED ONLY IF THE BOARD WISHED TO. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT WE WILL HAVE TO GO TO REVERSE OSMOSIS AND THE DEEP WATER AQUIFER, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE PROJECTED OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT HAVE TO BE AMORTIZED MAY BE FAR TOO LOW IF THE COST OF ENERGY DOUBLES. .JOHN ROBBINS NOTED THAT IN DEVELOPING A METHOD OF PAYMENT BACK, THEY TOOK -A LOOK AT THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COST ON THE AVERAGE -DAY OF THE SYSTEM, AND EACH TIME YOU ADD A CONNECTION, YOU HAVE EFFECTIVELY PUT MORE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS INTO THE SYSTEM. HE STATED THAT WITH 2,500 CONNECTIONS, WE HAVE ENOUGH 0 M MONEY SET ASIDE, AND AS THE RESERVE CONNECTIONS ARE USED UP, MORE 0 & M FUNDS ARE GENERATED, CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANTS OF THIS SIZE ARE RELATIVELY NEW. NE NOTED THAT THEY ONE THEY VISITED IN CAPE CORAL, WHICH HE BELIEVED WAS THE FIRST ONE IN FLORIDA OF THAT MAGNITUDE, HAD SOME PROBLEMS. .JOHN ROBBINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE IS A ONE MGD REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANT IN VENICE, FLORIDA, WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERA- TION FOR TEN YEARS. RALPH ENG STATED THAT IF THIS REPORT HAD BEEN DONE FIVE YEARS AGO, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE RECOMMENDED REVERSE OSMOSIS, BUT NOW THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT SINCE THE TECHNOLOGY IS PRO- GRESSING. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIOENR Loy, TO ADOPT THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT FOR WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT FOR THE SOUTH COUNTY MUNICIPAL TAXING DISTRICT AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEREIN FOR THE REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM. DISCUSSION AROSE ABOUT GOING INTO TEST WELLS, AND RALPH ENG FELT THAT THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO HAVE THEM PREPARE A SET OF GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR THE TEST WELL PROGRAM FOR THEIR REVIEW AND THEN WE CAN GET A PROPOSAL ON THE TEST WELL PROGRAM.