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Getting to the nitty-gritty details, Oscar Duarte, also with Wade Trim, said two of four wells do
not pump water that can be adequately treated for use. Wiring for the wells' signaling system,
instead of being buried, string through the trees over 137 acres of forest known as the well fields.
"If a tree falls because of a storm, the water signaling system (to pump water from the wells)
could go out," he said.
The company determined three levels of projects based on dire need and bringing the system into
compliance.
To make the repairs necessary to fulfill the DEP's consent order, projects will cost an estimated
$3.4 million. Capital improvement projects, such as the water supply wells, will cost another
$1.9 million. The third tier of repairs, the lift stations being the largest part of those repairs, will
be $2.3 million.
"It needs substantial improvements," Duarte said. "It has had Band-Aids put on (the problems)."
The total cost of purchasing the utilities and making the aforementioned improvements is $13.1
million.
"I think we're obligated to provide these services for the residents there," Martinez said.
With Hanns and Bunnell City Commissioner John Rogers opposed, officials approved an
interlocal agreement to purchase the utility and make the improvements.
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