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BOOK ilk. FADE 13 <br />8.2. UPDATE ON FORT PIERCE UTILITIES AUTHORITY <br />SEWAGE SPILL OF OCTOBER 18, 1999 - JEAN KLINE, <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />Jean Kline, Health Department Administrator, gave a brief presentation of the event. <br />On October 18, 1999 at 3:00 p.m. the gravity flow sewage main ruptured and at 10:00 p.m. <br />Doug Wright, Emergency Services Department Director, called her. She was advised that <br />8 to 10 million gallons of sewage had spilled and the County was advised to expect debris. <br />Ms. Kline went to the Health Department and called the State Health Administration Offices. <br />Beaches were closed from mid -County down south. At 11:10 p.m. the press was called and <br />beaches were closed northward to Jaycee Park. Warning signs were posted and 10 sampling <br />sites were located and selected. Arrangements were made for water analyses. A plume of <br />debris was photographed which spread 10 miles north and 6 miles south of the discharge site. <br />There were coordinated interpretations of the results of the samplings and other information <br />between the Department of Agriculture, State Emergency Operations, the Department of <br />Health Environmental Health Sections and the local Emergency Services Department. Sites <br />were tested for 4 days and none exceeded the quality criteria of the Florida Administrative <br />Code. Ms. Kline expressed thanks to Director Wright, Coastal Engineer Jeff Tabar, the <br />Recreation Department, the Vero Beach Police, the County Sheriffs Department, the media, <br />the press, Vero Beach Utilities, and the public. She encouraged people to connect to the <br />County sewer systems because of a large number of septic tank failures. <br />Commissioners Grin andAdams thanked stafffor a wonderful job, and Commissioner <br />Stanbridge commented that she was inNorth Carolina but felt comfortable knowing staffhad <br />the situation well in hand. <br />OCTOBER 26, 1999 <br />0 <br />-18- <br />