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• IRC is operating Spoonbill Marsh in flagrant violation of its permit. <br />• IRC is misreporting Spoonbill's outfall by millions of gallons a day. <br />• <br />These are supportable facts. There is also much anecdotal evidence to support our claims: <br />• According to one expert witness, the Indian River Land Trust has been aware of overflow from <br />Spoonbill entering abutting IRLT property but has never known the extent of the spill. <br />• Site visits by experts that were recorded on video show that the measured outfall rate (area - <br />velocity method of measurement) for a 24 hour period only comes to 646,317 gallons. This falls <br />far short of the amount reported by the county. It is a simple measurement because the outfall <br />is just a trench that is approximately 2' wide and 1' deep. <br />• Observers standing atop the weir (containment berm) clearly saw that Spoonbill's water level <br />was over the top of the weir and flowing onto neighboring property. Photographic evidence of <br />this is available upon request. The licensed design does not permit the facility to operate with a <br />water elevation that overtops the containment. <br />• It is possible that certain media outlets are aware of these facts but are burying this story until <br />after the coming county elections. If true this would clearly indicate a potential conflict of <br />interest. <br />The following graph shows the amount of wastewater the county acknowledges is unaccountable: <br />Spoonbill Marsh <br />"Officially" Unaccountable Wastewater <br />Millions of Gallons Per Month <br />Self -Reported, Unaudited <br />January, 2015 -June, 2016 <br />40.00 ... -. .. .... ._... ... <br />35.00 <br />30.00 <br />25.01 <br />2000. <br />15.00 <br />10.00 ........._..... - ._.._ - <br />5.00 <br />Jarr15 Feb -I5 hoar -15 .Apr -15 play -15 kn-15 1uF15 ALC -15 Sep -15 Oct -15 Nar15 Dec -15 1arr16 FEb-16 friar -16 Apr -16 May -16 Jurr16 <br />2 �� UV <br />