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r - D EC 1-x.1979 Box 42. PbsE 289 TESTIMONY, THE SEWER PLANT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF.1078 - THE NEW PLANT - WAS FIGURED IN. MR. MOSIAN STATED THAT WHAT THE ATTORNEY WAS SAYING WAS CORRECT. HE NOTED THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR A RETURN ON A UTILITY, AND WHILE THEY.HAVE ESTABLISHED THE RATE BASE, THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR A RETURN ON IT, JUST A RECOVERY OF THEIR OPERATING EXPENSE, AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR SEWER, COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT OUR QUESTION IS WHETHER THAT IS THE TRUE INVESTMENT FOR THE RATE BASE, AND ISR. MOSIAN STATED THAT THEY BELIEVE IT IS. COMMISSIONER LYONS CONTINUED THAT IF WE WERE TO ACCEPT THIS.- WE HIS, WE HAVE NOW ESTABLISHED THE RATE BASE, AND THE NEXT TIME, WE START FROM THERE. MR. MOSIAN COMMENTED THAT IN ANY GROWING COMPANY, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT THE USED AND USEFUL PORTION, BUT THERE IS SOME LASTING ELEMENT. MR, VAUGHN ADDRESSED THE SIZE OF THE MAINS, NOTING THAT THE ORIGINAL FRANCHISE REQUIRED PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION, WHICH IS ONE REASON THE LINES ARE OF THE SIZE THAT THEY ARE. IN ADDITION, HE NOTED THAT WHEN YOU BUILD A SYSTEM, YOU MUST PUT IN A LINE THAT WILL SUPPORT THE PROPOSED SYSTEM. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT EXPLAINED THAT WE ARE JUST ASKING WHAT AFFECT THE SIZE OF THE MAINS HAS ON THE QUALITY OF THE WATER. MR. VAUGHN CONTINUED THAT THE FUTURE EXPANSION WAS NOT BASED ON THE 2,000 THEY ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT. HE NOTED THAT THE SIZE OF THE LINES CREATES A GREATER RETENTION TIME FOR THE WATER IN THE MAINS. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF THE WATER CAN BE EXPECTED WHEN MORE PEOPLE GO ON THAT LINE, AND MR. VAUGHN FELT GETTING MORE USAGE WILL HELP AND ALSO GETTING RID OF GALVANIZED LINES. HE NOTED THERE IS A BUILD-UP ON THE INSIDE OF THE LINES OVER THE YEARS, AND THERE WILL BE SOME TASTE AND ODOR PROB- LEM IN THE INTERIM PERIOD BEFORE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS SOME- THING THAT EVERY SMALL SYSTEM HAS. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT PEOPLE IN FLORIDA WHO HAVE WELLS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS.