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THE FORMATION OF THE LAND MASS WE CALL FLORIDA. MR. ROBBINS REPORTED <br />THAT IT WAS TRAPPED AS THE WATERS RECEDED, AS FAR AS THEY CAN <br />DETERMINE. SO, HE CONTINUED, THERE HAS BEEN AN INTERFACE OF SEA <br />WATER INTO THE FLORIDAN AQUIFER, AND THIS COULD HAVE OCCURRED AS A <br />GEOLOGIC PRECEDENCE TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR IT ALSO COULD OCCUR <br />BY METHODOLOGY OF DIFFUSION BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE FLORIDAN <br />AQUIFER AS WE KNOW IT NOW, MR, ROBBINS SUMMARIZED BY STATING THAT <br />YES, IN ONE RESPECT THERE IS SOME SEA WATER INTRUSION IN THE FLORIDAN <br />AQUIFER, AND ON THE OTHER HAND, N0, WE DO NOT FEEL IT TO BE A THREAT <br />TO THIS PARTICULAR WATER RESOURCE AND THE TREATMENT METHODOLOGY <br />THAT WE HAVE PREDICTED FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK REFERRED TO THE QUALITY OF STANDARDS <br />THAT ARE PROPOSED TO TAKE EFFECT AND ASKED WHY THE CITY OF VERO BEACH <br />WAS GOING WITH AN EXPANSION OF 4.5 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. <br />MR. ROBBINS RESPONDED THAT HE COULD NOT ANSWER THAT, <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RECESSED AT 12:18 O'CLOCK <br />P.M. FOR LUNCH AND RECONVENED AT 1:45 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME <br />MEMBERS PRESENT. DEPUTY CLERK VIRGINIA HARGREAVES TOOK OVER FOR <br />DEPUTY CLERK .JANICE CALDWELL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. <br />NOV 191980 37 Boo 4& PAu 282 <br />