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There are a lot of questions, more than there are answers. The aquifers are not an unlimited <br />source of water. We can drain, damage, or even destroy our water supply if we're not careful. <br />The data in this report was very good to know. But we need to know more. <br />We need to know where we're going to find alternate water sources, and more importantly, <br />when we're going to need them. Thankfully in the 21St century, we have a multitude of methods <br />available for providing potable water, some are expensive and some are energy intensive. <br />There are options, however, they take time to implement. <br />In the past this board has discussed hiring the USGS to complete a county wide geohydrology <br />study. We know there have been concerns about the cost. Yes, geohydrology studies are <br />expensive. Yes, they will take a while, but there are cost-sharing opportunities available and <br />knowing is so much more valuable than not knowing. A USGS study is but one option to <br />determine our local needs. <br />The important issue is that we need know our County's water resources and potential future <br />sources of supply. The local environmental and conservation community are willing to work <br />with you to help ensure our hopefully wet future. <br />In closing, we leave you with this quote from the Regional Water Supply Plan: "Results of the <br />water quality analysis suggest that water quality constraints may exist in the coastal counties of <br />the CSEC RWSP area. Statistically significant chloride trends, specifically in Brevard and Indian <br />River counties, may indicate a stressed fresh aquifer system, in the case of the surficial aquifer, <br />or saltwater intrusion resulting from upconing and the lateral encroachment of seawater, in the <br />case of the Upper Floridan aquifer." <br />Time could be running out. Frankly we don't have enough information to be able to prepare a <br />sufficient potable water supply for the next 20 years. We need more local targeted data to <br />know for sure what we need to do and when. <br />Thank you for listening and thank you to the SJRWMD for compiling this report. <br />+1a <br />