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DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MRS. DEAN <br />HAS A 100' WELL, AND MRS. MITCHELL HAS A SULFUR WELL. <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF EXPLAINED THAT DEEP WELLS ARE BEING <br />USED IN THE PROJECT, AND THE ST. .JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT <br />DOES NOT KNOW WHY MRS. DEAN IS EXPERIENCING THIS DIFFICULTY, AS SHE <br />IS TAKING WATER FROM A DIFFERENT STRATA. HE CONTINUED THAT WATER <br />BEING USED FOR THE GOLF COURSE IS BEING USED FROM A DIFFERENT <br />AQUIFER. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT ONE OF THE JOBS OF THE ST. <br />.JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS TO NOT ISSUE PERMITS TO DRAW <br />WATER UNTIL THEY ARE SURE IT IS NOT GOING TO DAMAGE ADJACENT <br />PROPERTY OWNERS, AND ENGINEER BEINDORF AGREED THAT IT ONE OF THEIR <br />MAIN FUNCTIONS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY THEN ASKED THE ENGINEER IF THEY HAD <br />RECEIVED THEIR CONSUMPTIVE PERMIT WHICH WOULD ASSURE PEOPLE IN <br />THE AREA THAT IT WOULD NOT DAMAGE THEIR SUPPLY. <br />YEAR AGO. <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF STATED THAT THE PERMIT WAS APPROVED A <br />MRS. DEAN FELT THAT IF WATER IS TAKEN FROM ONE STRATA, <br />POSSIBLY THIS MIGHT AFFECT ANOTHER STRATA. SHE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND, <br />AFTER LIVING IN THIS AREA FOR 15 YEARS, WHY THEY NOW SUFFER FROM <br />BAD WATER COMING IN THEIR WELLS; AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALSO HAD TO <br />PURCHASE NEW WATER HEATERS AS A RESULT OF THE MUDDY WATER. <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF REITERATED THAT AN ARTESIAN AQUIFER <br />DOES NOT AFFECT THE UPPER REGION. HE CONTINUED THAT THE TOPOGRAPHY <br />OF THE LAND INDICATES THE WATER IS FLOWING'FROM WEST TO EAST - THEY <br />ARE NOT USING ANYTHING IN THAT AQUIFER. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ALONG THOSE LINES. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY COMMENTED THAT THIS WATER PROBLEM MAY <br />BE DUE TO THE RECENT HURRICANE. <br />NOV 7199 <br />49 saoK 42_ PacF 49 <br />