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BOOK 64 F"Gr 3-S8 WASTEWATER Under item 1, Mr. Little advised that -the City's wastewater plant is not being utilized to its fullest capacity and the City has determined that 1 -million gallons of capacity can be made available to the County as quickly as they can take it. He believed this move will certainly forestall any rate increases for a long time to come. The service costs will not change and those costs would be spread out over a larger customer base. Terry Pinto, Director of County Utilities, noted that there has been a moratorium in place for a long time on the capacity on the 6th Avenue corridor waiting to see what capacity would become available from the City. The 1 -million gallon capacity allocation will enable the County to determine the future needs for building additional facilties and adjusting our master plan, which calls for a soutI. wastewater believed the main problem probably would be effluent disposal. Chairman Scurlock felt that one of the main issues to be discussed is the need for the County and the City to fully utilize all of their plants in order to provide efficient delivery for water and wastewater. The idea is to stop thinking in terms of political boundaries and develop an interconnecting system that will serve this entire area. He emphasized the need to combine our efforts in using our limited resources in the most effective way possible. Mr. Little advised that he needs conceptual approval that the County will plan to direct one million gallons of flow to the City's plant, but Commissioner Lyons had great concern about increasing the capacity of the Vero Beach sewage plant which discharges directly into the river. He felt that we have to do everything we can to keep the nitrogen out of the river to protect the seagrass beds. Commissioner Bowman was concerned about the effect of both nitrogen and phosphorous on the grass beds, but Mr. Little 3