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THE SYSTEM
<br />General
<br />The County's water and sewer system consists of all water and sewer systems now owned and operated by the County,
<br />together with any and all improvements, extensions and additions thereto hereafter constructed or acquired, and any
<br />physically independent water or sewer system hereafter mode a part of the System by resolution of the Board together with
<br />any and all improvements, calamine, and additions thereto thereafter constructed or acquired (the "System"). The System
<br />includes all property, real, personal and mixed, rights, powers, licenses, easements, rights of way, privileges, franchises
<br />and all other property or interests in property of whatsoever nature, including but not limited to vehicles, rolling stock,
<br />buildings, pipes, pumps, machinery, tants, main, conduits, meters and other equipment, used or useful in connection with
<br />ownership, operation and maintemence of such water or sewer systems by the Calmly. The System provides water and sewer
<br />services to a portion of the County's population, with a majority of the other County raids is being serviced by private wells
<br />and septic tanks and the City of Vero Bach, Florida, which operates its own water and sewer systems.
<br />The County presently operates three water planta, the south County pleat (South County Plant'), the North Beach plant
<br />("North Beach Plant') and the Rivers Edge Plant. The water plants have a present nominal capacity of 6.75 minion gallon
<br />per day (MGD'). The County hu expanded its storage capacity for the South County system to 5.3 million gallons. On
<br />November 1, 1988, the County consummated the purchase of the business and assets of the North Bach Water Company
<br />consisting of the North Bach Plant (with a treatment capacity of 500,000 gallons per day) and a distribution system in the
<br />northern portion of the County ("North Beach Water System'). The North Bach Plant is currently being expanded by 1
<br />million gallons per day for a total capacity of 1.5 million gallons per day when construction is completed. The County
<br />anticipates construction of a 2 million gallon per day North County Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant within the next
<br />two years.
<br />Presently, wastewater treatment and disposal service in the unincorporated portions of the County is provided by
<br />approximately 20 wastewater treatment planta. Nine of these plenty with 3.985 minion gallons per day of treatment capacity
<br />are owned and operated by the County. Of the facilities owned and operated by the County, the throe largest account for
<br />nominal capacity of 3 million gallons per day ('MGD"). The remaining nix treatment plants, in the aggregate, account for
<br />additional capacity of approximately 1.03 minion pikes per day. The County also has the right to have treated up to 1.39
<br />MGD at the municipally -owned Vero Beach wastewater plant. The County is expanding each of the three largest plants from
<br />a treatment capacity of 1 MGD to a capacity of 2 MGD, with the completion of such expansion expected in 2 years. The
<br />County currently has a 2 million gallon per day South County Wastewater Treatment Plant under design. The plant is
<br />scheduled for construction within 2 years.
<br />System Staff
<br />The System presently employs 102 persons. The System is managed by Terrance G. Pinto, Director of Utilities. It is
<br />the opinion of management that the System enjoys excellent labor relations.
<br />Water and Sewer Customers
<br />The number of County water and sewer customers, expressed u the number of equivalent resident units ("ERUs"), for
<br />the years 1986-91 is set forth below:
<br />$j Houma
<br />1986 9,827 8,824
<br />1987 11,193 9,339
<br />1988 12,005 9,552
<br />1989 15,187 13,618
<br />1990 17,615 16,874
<br />1991 21,886 22,574
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