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-.4. 8/24/2016 What is really going on at Spoonbill Marsh? « InsideVero own best estimate. • Given this disparity, approximately 2.0 to 2.5 million gallons of effluent (untreated wastewater) is unaccounted for every day. That totals almost 1 billion gallons unaccounted for each year. • The county audits itself and reports its findings to the DEP. By the county's self -audit report no missing water has ever been reported giving the appearance of a "don't ask, don't tell" policy between the DEP and the County. This `tacit agreement' between the county and the DEP has been going on since Spoonbill's inception. • By design there should be 2 outfalls for Spoonbill water. As per independent site inspection, only one outfall is in use. The other to the north has apparently not worked for years. Therefore all effluent MUST go through the one functioning outfall. As a condition of the permit all discharges must go through these outfalls. Obviously the majority of this unaccounted for water is going somewhere else. • The difference in the amount of input and outfall cannot be accounted for by evaporation leaving the question "where is this water going?" • A 1 inch rainfall adds about 1.8 million gallons to the unaccountable wastewater volume. • IRC is operating Spoonbill Marsh in flagrant violation of its permit. • IRC is misreporting Spoonbill's outfall by millions of gallons a day. The following graph shows the amount of wastewater the county acknowledges is unaccountable: These are supportable facts. There is also much anecdotal evidence to support our claims: • According to one expert witness, the Indian River Land Trust has been aware of overflow from Spoonbill entering abutting IRLT property but has never known the extent of the spill. • Site visits by experts that were recorded on video show that the measured outfall rate (area -velocity method of measurement) for a 24 hour period only comes to 646,317 gallons. This falls far short of the amount reported by the county. It is a simple measurement because the outfall is just a trench that is approximately 2' wide and l' deep. • Observers standing atop the weir (containment berm) clearly saw that Spoonbill's water level was over the top of the weir and flowing onto neighboring property. Photographic evidence of this is available upon request. The licensed design does not permit the facility to operate with a water elevation that overtops the containment. • It is possible that certain media outlets are aware of these facts but are burying this story until after the coming county elections. If true this would clearly indicate a potential conflict of interest. 2/- 363 https:/l nsidevero.com/2016/O8/19/what-is-really-going-orrat-spoonbill-marsh/#print 3/12 j - i f fig t These are supportable facts. There is also much anecdotal evidence to support our claims: • According to one expert witness, the Indian River Land Trust has been aware of overflow from Spoonbill entering abutting IRLT property but has never known the extent of the spill. • Site visits by experts that were recorded on video show that the measured outfall rate (area -velocity method of measurement) for a 24 hour period only comes to 646,317 gallons. This falls far short of the amount reported by the county. It is a simple measurement because the outfall is just a trench that is approximately 2' wide and l' deep. • Observers standing atop the weir (containment berm) clearly saw that Spoonbill's water level was over the top of the weir and flowing onto neighboring property. Photographic evidence of this is available upon request. The licensed design does not permit the facility to operate with a water elevation that overtops the containment. • It is possible that certain media outlets are aware of these facts but are burying this story until after the coming county elections. If true this would clearly indicate a potential conflict of interest. 2/- 363 https:/l nsidevero.com/2016/O8/19/what-is-really-going-orrat-spoonbill-marsh/#print 3/12