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JAW 24 193 <br />BOOK 54q, PA,� <br />RESOLUTION NO. 83-10 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA OBJECTING TO THE SEWAGE <br />EFFLUENT DEEP WELL INJECTION PROPOSAL FOR SOUTHERN <br />BREVARD COUNTY. <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian <br />River County believes that programs that have a possible major <br />impact on the environment must be carefully planned, evaluated and <br />studied, before implementation, and <br />WHEREAS, all the possible negative impacts on the <br />environment must be weighed against the benefit to be received <br />from the project overall, and <br />WHEREAS, geological data regarding underground <br />formations in Southern Brevard County are incomplete and <br />predictions on the lateral movement of the effluent cannot be <br />considered reliable, and <br />WHEREAS, the testing mechanisms as planned for the <br />project do not give an accurate test of the movement or harmful <br />effects of the effluent and will only show the contamination of an <br />aquifer after it is too late, and <br />WHEREAS, the injection of 7-1/2 to -8 -1/2 -,million gallons <br />of sewage a day could have a disastrous effect or other aquifers <br />and ground water generally, and <br />WHEREAS, the urgency to correct this.problem is a result <br />of the population of lands beyond their natural carrying capacity; <br />methods to solve this problem should be utilized that do not <br />burden other lands or potentially destroy other resources, and <br />WHEREAS, Indian River County shares contiguous aquifers <br />with Brevard County as well as the well waters of the St. Johns <br />River and is concerned about the effects of this project on Indian <br />River County's water supply, and <br />WHEREAS, sewage effluent should be utilized as a <br />resource for irrigation and replenishment of the shallow aquifer <br />thereby decreasing the need for potable -water and eliminating <br />potentially hazardous future situations which may result from the <br />expensive injection system, and <br />WHEREAS, the preservation of water resources is by far <br />4 <br />
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