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