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Utilities Director Terry Pinto explained that the <br />proposal is to evaluate the value of the cost of the water <br />line that runs from Wabasso over to the north beach area and <br />actually to Indian River Shores. The interest the Utility <br />Department has in this line is twofold: <br />1) Presently the water is being withdrawn from the <br />shallow aquifer in Wabasso for irrigation purposes <br />over on the beach side. They want to try to <br />eliminate the withdrawal as the water is drinkable <br />as it comes out of the ground and is being used <br />just for irrigational purposes. <br />2) The growth of.the north county is such that the <br />County should consider purchasing this line to <br />supply water to the north beach area from the deep <br />aquifer. <br />Administrator Wright advised that St. Johns Water <br />Management District has endorsed this concept. <br />Commissioner Scurlock reported that he had visited St. <br />Johns Water Management District with Administrator Wright <br />and Director Pinto to see if St. Johns would give additional <br />allocations from the deep aquifer. They also discussed a <br />well capping program. It, appears that Lost Tree Corporation <br />owns the line and has a lease with Mr. Lockwood, and that <br />this facility is located totally in the public right-of-way. <br />Lost Tree has indicated that they are willing to cooperate <br />and are willing to consider the sale of their system; they <br />have done their own analysis in regard to replacement cost <br />and they are, basically, waiting for the County to make an <br />offer on a contractual form. However, before we do that, <br />Commissioner Scurlock emphasized we should know all the <br />numbers. <br />Director Pinto stated that an analysis, which would be <br />financed by the Utilities Dept., would look at the cash <br />flow, notparticularlythe value of the line but what the <br />29 <br />S E P 7 1983 ti 1490K ~�A( <br />