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recorders at several well sites, and these will provide information on recharge into the aquifer, etc. They now would like to add some additional monitoring wells at three sites. Their goal is to define a good potential area for future development. Right now they are trying to establish a data base to provide future answers, and in the future, they will define some safe yields to see how much expansion of wellfields can occur in a defined area between the two ridge areas. Mr. Frazee believed there is a very large amount of water in the ridge area that can be used without going to reverse osmosis, and he also felt the potential is there to withdraw large quantities without having salt water intrusion. He then introduced.David Toth who will be taking over his responsibilities in this area and Al Aiken, who also will be working onothis project next year. Mr. Toth discussed the new drilling they would like to do, explaining that they would like to do some pump tests on the three transfer sites located at Roseland, Fellsmere and Oslo. He continued that they are planning on a maximum of six 2" wells to monitor the effect of pumping, and this will tell them the storage capacity of the aquifer and how fast it -can be recharged either laterally or from surface rain- fall. They will also monitor the recorder sites quarterly. Mr. Aiken, who will be working in conjunction with Mr. Toth, informed the Board of the District's free flowing well plugging program which they are pursuing in Brevard County. This program is designed to stop unused flow from the lens area, and Mr. Aiken reported that under this program they have located two free flowing wells on the Barrier Island in Brevard County, which are tapping potable water. and running it into mosquito control impoundments; they are going to be plugging these wells from bottom to -top within the next few months. Mr. Aiken felt that Indian River County, which has a history of agricultural type 51 FEB1983 FACE. 839