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COMMISSIONER FLETCHER NOTED THAT WE MUST CO -EXIST WITH OUR FARMERS AND OUR RESIDENTS, AND WATER IS A REAL BIG QUESTIONMARK. HE CONTINUED THAT HE HAD TALKED TO WELL DRILLERS AND ASKED IF THEIR FIELD EXPERIENCE TOLD THEM THAT THE SALT CONTENT IN THE DEEP AQUIFER IS DECREASING, INCREASING OR REMAINING THE SAME, AND THEY TELL YOU FLAT OUT THAT THE SALT CONTENT IS NOT DECLINING. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER CONTINUED THAT HE HAS WITNESSED THE TRANSITION OF THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND; THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE ARE THERE ONLY PART OF THE TIME, AND WHILE A LIMITED RESORT COMMUNITY CAN BE HELPFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY, HE DID NOT BELIEVE IT IS A FIRM BASIS FOR OUR SOCIETY SINCE THE WATER RESOURCES OF THE BARRIER ISLAND ARE DEFINITELY LIMITED AND THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT LONG TERM DATA TO DETERMINE THE AFFECT CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ON-SALT.:WATER :ENCROACHMENT' IN THE DEEP AQUIFER. HE THEN QUESTIONED THE USE OF THE REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENT METHOD, NOTING THAT IT GENERATES AND REJECTS 25-30'GALLONS OF WASTE WATER AND PRODUCTS FOR EVERY 100 GALLONS PROCESSED,- COMMISSIONER FLETCHER POINTED OUT THAT WHILE THE HIGH RIDGE ON THE ISLAND IS IDEAL FOR INDIVIDUAL SEPTIC TREATMENT SYSTEMS, DEVELOPMENTS CREATE THE NECES- SITY FOR PACKAGE TREATMENT PLANTS, WHICH HAVE NOT PROVEN TO BE EITHER EFFECTIVE OR SATISFACTORY, HE FELT IT IS TIME TO REJECT THE ILLUSION THAT INFINITE GROWTH IN A FINITE ENVIRONMENT IS POSSIBLE AND THAT SCIENCE CAN SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS. CHAIRMAN LYONS WISHED TO ASCERTAIN IF THE TERRITORY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROPOSED MORATORIUM INCLUDES THE NORTH BEACH UP TO THE COUNTY LINE, AND COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK GAVE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIP- TION: A NORTH BEACH AREA OF THE BARRIER ISLAND, AN AREA -LYING NORTH OF THE TOWN LIMITS OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES, WEST OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, EAST OF THE INDIAN RIVER, AND SOUTH OF THE NORTH COUNTY LINE, LESS THE TOWN OF ORCHID. COMMISSIONER BIRD STATED THAT, CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, HE SHARES COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK`S CONCERN ABOUT THE DENSITIES ON THE BEACH, AND ESPECIALLY THE AREA WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHICH CONTAINS ALLOWABLE DENSITIES UP TO 15 UNITS AN ACRE, AND HE WAS WILLING TO COOPERATE AS MUCH AS HE COULD TO HOLD THOSE DENSITIES IN LINE AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD REPRESENT A REASONABLE SOLUTION TO OUR DILEMMA, HE FELT IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE PRIMARY OWNERSHIP IN JUN 10 1981 3 BOOK 6 PACE 663