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Mr. Galanis assured the Board that once we have the SWIM funds, we will be able to deal with them. He also wished to point out that we are somewhat unique in that we already have an enforcement structure in this county in the Environmental Control Board. Some of the things proposed under this SWIM Act we are doing already. This is an adjunct funding and will allow us to get two more areas, and he believed it is an important step. ON MOTION by Commissioner Wheeler, SECONDED by Com- missioner Eggert, the Board unanimously approved application to the St. Johns Water Management District for a grant to underwrite costs of a program to in- vestigate and reduce pollution of the Indian River Lagoon. DISCUSSION RE FREE-FLOWING WELLS Administrator Balczun wished to comment as a follow-up to the grant discussed above that we are going to be taking a long hard look at the on-going problem of the many free-flowing wells in the county. Chairman Scurlock believed we had a St. John's program that was available for a period of time to deal with such wells, but because we are talking about water resource which directly relates to our long range ability to provide a cost effective means of bringing good potable water to homes, he personally felt it would be a proper function of our Utilities Department to become involved and that possibly there should be some monies available at some time out of the Utilities Department to get into a well -capping program, maybe on a very limited basis. This is something we need to do, and we need a source for it. Commissioner Bird asked if St. John's River Water Management District doesn't still have that same program, and Administrator Balczun believed they do, but St. John's is a big district. 41 NAY 10 1988 BOOK .72 PAGE 321