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DATEi...00TOBER 2, 1989 <br />TOi `:_"TERRANCE G. PINTO <br />DIRECTOR OF UTILITY SERVICES <br />FROM <br />i •• • `WILLIAM F. MCCAIN - <br />i CAPITAL PROJECTS E4E1;R <br />DEPARTMENT OF UTILITY SERVICES '! <br />SUBJECTi THE USE OF THE EXISTING WABASSO WELL FIELD AND ASSOCIATED <br />'CARRIER PIPE WHICH GOES ACROSS THE WABASSO CAUSEWAY, THEN <br />SOUTH TO JOHN'S ISLAND, AS A RAW WATER SOURCE FOR THE <br />NORTH BEACH WATER TREATMENT PLANT <br />The option of•utilizing the aforementioned well field and existing <br />transmission system has been investigated in great detail. It has <br />been determined that there are two primary areas of consideration <br />relating to this matter. <br />-The current owners of the system's (John's Island) <br />ultimate non -potable water needs for their community. <br />The quality of the water that the system can deliver and <br />;•�., the associated costs •(technical .aspects) . <br />'I will now summarize our findings in these areas. <br />-Through conversations with 'Daryll McQueen of McQueen and <br />.Associates, the engineer for John's Island and Jam Iisland <br />(irrigation systems), and Mr. Mike Rose of John's island, we have <br />founds <br />1. .John's Island will be reliant on this non -potable. water <br />system for their ultimate irrigation needs. <br />2. McQueen and Associates has just completed a report for an <br />expansion of the existing non -potable wat±r system in <br />John's Island. This project is already under <br />construction. <br />3. The expansion of the Irrigation system will raise the <br />current non -potable water needs to over 3.5 million <br />gallons per day (MGD). <br />4. McQueen and Associates has recently acquired an irrigation <br />well permit on Jem island. This demonstrates the ultimate <br />need for more Irrigation water than can be drawn from the <br />Wabasso water system. <br />5. Mike Rose of John's Island confirmed that the ultimate <br />needs of the John's Island irrigation system would be met <br />I <br />through the existing Wabasso well field and transmission <br />system. <br />6. There is currently an understanding between the City of <br />Vero Beach and"the St. Joi!n's Water Management District <br />that the well field and transmission main will be <br />available for irrigation so that potable water will not <br />be used foc irrigation on John's Island. <br />For the aforementioned reasons, John's Island doesn't wish to <br />relinquish the use of these lines. <br />