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GEORGE LINER, WHO REPORTED THAT ABOUT 50 TIMES SINCE EARLY SEPTEMBER <br />HIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CALLED BY DESPERATE CUSTOMERS OF TREASURE <br />COAST UTILITIES ASKING FOR RELIEF FROM VARIOUS PROBLEMS, INCLUDING <br />RAW SEWAGE BACKING UP INTO THEIR TUBS AND SHOWER DRAINS. MR. LINER <br />STATED THAT ONE WEEKEND, WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYONE TO CALL <br />IN, HE HAD A PORTABLE PUMP INSTALLED AND RAN IT OVER THE WEEKEND TO <br />GIVE THE RESIDENTS SOME RELIEF. THE CUSTOMERS ALSO CALLED BECAUSE OF <br />A DROP IN WATER PRESSURE WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF SERVICE. MR, LINER <br />NOTED THIS CAN CAUSE CONTAMINATION PROBLEMS AND IS ABOUT THE WORST <br />THING YOU CAN HAVE ON A WATER SYSTEM. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY CHECKED <br />FOR CHLORINE RESIDUAL SEVERAL TIMES AND FOUND NONE. IN ADDITION, <br />THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS FROM CUSTOMERS WHO QUESTIONED THEIR BILLS AND <br />HAD NO ONE TO CONTACT. MR, LINER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE WAS <br />RECENTLY NOTIFIED THAT ASHTON UTILITIES WAS OPERATING THE SYSTEM, <br />AND HE SINCE HAS LEARNED THAT THEY CHECK THE PLANT ABOUT TWICE A <br />WEEK; THIS IS A VIOLATION OF FLORIDA CODE WHICH REQUIRES DAILY CHECK- <br />ING FOR EVEN THE SMALLEST PLANT. MR. LINER STATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING <br />THESE FACILITIES, HE WOULD HAZARD A GUESS THAT IT WAS IN EXCESS OF <br />A YEAR SINCE AN OPERATOR DID ANY MAINTENANCE ON THE PLANT, <br />DEPUTY CLERK HARGREAVES SWORE IN COUNTY HEALTH DIRECTOR <br />C. C. FLOOD. DR. FLOOD STATED THAT THIS PLANT HAS BEEN A SORE SPOT <br />WITH HIM AND HIS STAFF FOR 20 YEARS, REGARDLESS OF WHO HAS RUN IT <br />OR OWNED IT. THE PLANT HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE MANY TIMES; THEY HAVE <br />HAD COMPLAINTS OF SEWER BACK UP; CONSTANT COMPLAINTS ABOUT WATER <br />QUALITY AND PURITY; AND PETITIONS FROM PEOPLE BEGGING FOR HELP. LATE <br />IN 1979 AND 1980 IT REALLY GOT BAD, AND SOME OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />REPORTS INCLUDE PICTURES OF RAW SEWAGE ON THE GROUND AND IN THE PLANT <br />AREA. DR, FLOOD NOTED THAT THIS PLANT HAS BEEN RUN AS A MINIMAL <br />OPERATION, AND STATED THAT HE CONSIDERS THIS PLANT AS NOW OPERATED A <br />HEALTH HAZARD. <br />MAR 161981 <br />HE CONTINUED THAT THE WATER SERVICE ALSO HAS BEEN <br />w- <br />