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Chairman believed we should support potable water being used <br />only for a potable purpose and using an alternate source for <br />irrigation. <br />Commissioner Bird was not sure that without some sort <br />of holding system or aeration you could eliminate the <br />chlorides so you could water the golf course. <br />Chairman Scurlock did not feel the chlorides run high <br />enough to present any problem in using the water for <br />irrigation, and he believed St. John's is recommending going <br />to deep well and blending which dilutes any chlorides even <br />further. He noted that it could be a great benefit for all <br />if some relationship could be worked out where that line <br />could be fully utilized. This water is a very valuable <br />resource, and the line has a large capacity. The Chairman <br />continued that he has talked with representatives of Indian <br />River Shores, who have indicated that they are very much in <br />favor of that line being fully utilized, and he has met with <br />Mr. Biggs and Mr. Spiers of Lost Tree Corp., and it seems <br />there is an interest, but somehow no decisions are ever <br />reached. <br />Attorney Sherman Smith came before the Board <br />representing Lost Tree Corporation and stated that he <br />represented them when they acquired this water system and <br />when they got their permit. There was a great deal of <br />misunderstanding in the community and many hearings were <br />held about this. In the course of those hearings, it was <br />established without controversy by the county's own records <br />and state and federal, and by a geological survey, that <br />there is enough potable water in the shallow aquifer <br />extending from Sebastian to Oslo to provide for a county ten <br />times the size of Indian River County. Mr. Smith stated <br />that the reason the permit was awarded for the shallow <br />aquifer was because the deep aquifer is overstressed in this <br />53 <br />MAY 16 1984 BOOK 67 PAGE 53 <br />