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COMMISSIONER LOY THEN INQUIRED ABOUT THE CAPACITY LEFT IN THE PLANT FOR ANY OTHER CUSTOMERS. MR. ENG STATED THAT EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL 600, THERE WOULD BE A 2,100 RESERVE. HE THEN EXPLAINED THAT IN THE REPORT WHICH PROPOSED THE SIZE OF THE TREATMENT PLANT, THEY USED 130 GALLONS PER DAY PER CAPITA, OR 9,000 GALLONS PER MONTH. BASED ON THE HISTORY OF GIFFORD AND MID FLORIDA, THEY NOW FIGURE AN AVERAGE OF 7,000 GAL- LONS PER MONTH: SO, IF THIS IS CORRECT, THEN THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL RESERVE CAPACITY ALREADY BUILT IN. HE FELT YOU WOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2,500 ADDITIONAL RESERVE CONNECTIONS BASED ON 7,000 PER MONTH. COMMISSIOENR SIEBERT EMPHASIZED THAT WE SHOULD REQUIRE MANDATORY HOOK-UP AND POINTED OUT THAT WE NEED MORE CUSTOMERS ON THE GIFFORD SYSTEM. COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED IF IT WOULD SIMPLIFY THINGS IF WE EXERCISED OUR OPTION AND TOOK OVER THE VISTA SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. MR. ENG EXPLAINED THAT THIS WOULD HELP VERY LITTLE BECAUSE THE $200 CONNECTION FEE IS A ONE-SHOT ITEM, AND IT WOULD ONLY MEAN A DIFFERENCE OF 2N PER MONTH. COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT WE ARE NOT DOING THE PEOPLE A FAVOR BY ANY FURTHER DELAY, AND EVERY MONTH WE WAIT WILL MAKE THE COST OF WATER HIGHER TO THE CUSTOMERS IN THE LONG RUN. MR. ENG INFORMED THE BOARD THAT ALL THE GIFFORD LINES ARE IN AND WILL BE CLEARED THIS WEEK. HE BELIEVED THERE ARE ANOTHER 300 EXISTING HOUSES THAT COULD HOOK ON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. HE STATED THAT THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 567 UNITS ON THE SYSTEM NOW, AND NO ONE IS ON THE NEW LINES YET. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THEY ARE NOT CONNECTING AS THEY SHOULD BE TO THE GIFFORD SYSTEM AND THAT A FEW PEOPLE ARE FOOTING THE BILL FOR THE WHOLE SYSTEM. MR. ROBBINS NOTED THAT IF MANDATORY HOOK-UP IS REQUIRED IN THE SOUTH COUNTY, THE GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITS OF THE PHASE I PROJECT WERE NOT DEFINED IN THE REPORT, BUT HE FELT THE EXISTING WATER LINE DEFINES THE AREA. DISCUSSION CONTINUED ON DEFINING SERVICE AREAS. DEC 51979 41 ao 42 pAcE 219