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mom 45, pArx 2i-91 <br />MR. ROBBINS NOTED THAT IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO BACK <br />UP AT THIS POINT, AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST <br />INTEREST OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY TO PURSUE ANOTHER SOURCE OF DATER <br />AT THIS POINT, OTHER THAN THE FLORIDAN AQUIFER, WITHIN THE NEXT 20 <br />YEARS. MR. ROBBINS COMMENTED THAT THE OVERALL APPROACH OF THE PROJECT <br />WAS TO LOOK AT THE LONG TERM EFFECT, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION BOTH <br />THE CAPITAL COST AND THE OVERALL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COST FOR <br />THE SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE STATED THEY HAVE TO TAKE INTO <br />CONSIDERATION PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND- WELFARE, AND TO GIVE CONSIDERATION <br />AS TO THE SECURITY OF THE WATER RESOURCE. MR. ROBBINS STATED THEY <br />MUST CONSIDER THE ULTIMATE DRAWDOWN AND THE OVERALL NET EFFECT OF A <br />VERY LARGE SCALE WITHDRAWAL FROM A PARTICULAR AQUIFER THAT MAY, ACCORDING <br />TO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE, LEAD TO THE INTRUSION OF SEA WATER WITHIN THE <br />AQUIFER OF THE WHOLE AREA. HE STATED THAT THOSE WERE THE TYPES OF <br />CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE MADE IN RECOMMENDING REVERSE OSMOSIS FROM THE <br />FLORIDAN AQUIFER. ALTHOUGH THE ECONOMICS ARE VERY CLOSE, AND THEY <br />LOOKED AT THEM FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE MAKING THIS RECOMMENDA— <br />TION, THE OVERALL NET EFFECT OF THE SECURED RESOURCE AND UNINTERRUPTED <br />SUPPLY OF WATER AND THE LONGEVITY OF THAT SUPPLY WAS PARAMOUNT IN <br />MAKING THEIR DECISION. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED HE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM BECAUSE <br />HE WAS LOOKING AT A 1.3 MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENTIAL IN CAPITAL, AND <br />AN OPERATING COST OF $77,000 A YEAR. HE FELT THEY MAY HAVE SOME NEW <br />PROCESSES IN THE FUTURE. <br />MR. ROBBINS NOTED THE 'ONE THI,NG.THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED, 'THAT <br />WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THEY PREPARED THEIR REPORT,WAS THE <br />PENDING REGULATIONS BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ON WATER <br />QUALITY,. HE ADDED THAT CURRENTLY THE CITY OF VERO BEACH WAS OPERATING <br />UNDER A SPECIFIC GUIDELINE OF WATER QUALITY AND AS OF JANUARY 19, 1981, <br />THE EPA SECONDARY DRINKING WATER STANDARDS WILL BE ADOPTED, MR, <br />ROBBINS NOTED, WITH THAT IN MIND, THERE IS AN UPPER LIMITATION FOR THE LIME <br />SOFTENING PROCESS THAT CAN BE USED TO TREAT THE SHALLOW AQUIFER HE STATED THAT <br />34 <br />