HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - Disapproval of Winter Garden's Spraying of Effluent
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS. THE CITY CDMMISSIONERS Of THE CITY Of OCOEE
ARE EXTEMELY CONCERNED REGARDING THE CITY Of ~INTER
GARDEN'S PROPOSED PLAN TO DISCHARGE TREATED WASTEWATER
fROM THEIR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ON LAND LOCATED NEAR
THE CITY Of DCOEE.
~HEREAS. THE OCOEE CITY COMMISSIONERS IN THE IITE;REST
Of WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MAINTENANCE Of A
HIGH DEGREE Of WATER QUALITY ARE CONTINUALLY STRIVING
TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY Of WATER PROVIDED
fOR THE RESIDENTS Of THE CITY OF OCOEE.
WHEREAS. THE LARGE PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH IN THE
AR&A Of THE PROPOSED EfFLUENT SPREADING, BY THE CITY Of
WINTER GARDEN, INDICATES A HIGH POTENTIAL fOR AN IN-
CREASE IN THE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEM.
~HEREAS. THE TWO DEEP WELLS, OWNED, OPERATED AND MAI~~
TAINED BY THE CITY Of OCOEE, PROVIDES POTABLE WATER TO
THE RESIDENTS Of OCOEE. THESE WELLS ARE LOCATED APPROX-
IMATELY TWO MILES SOUTH Of THE PROPOSED LAND SPREADING
SITE AND COULD BE SERIOUSLY POLLUTED AND THE UNDER-
GROUND AQUIFTER BE ENDANGERED.
WHEREAS. THE UNDERGROUND LATERAL MOVEMENT Of WATER
fROM THE PROPOSED LAND SPREADING SITE IS TOWARDS AND
WILL DRAIN INTO LAKE APOPKA. POLLUTANTS,INtLUOING ND-
TRIENTS, PHOSPHATES, NITRATES AND VIRUSES WILL fURTHER
DAMAGE THIS ONCE BEAUTIfUL LAKE.
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WHEREAS. THE OCDEE CITY COMMISSIONERS ARE Of THE OP-
INION THAT MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE LEARNED REGARDING
LAND SPREADING Of EffLUENT ANQ ITS EffECT UPON THE
UNDERGROUND AQUIFERo. MANY UNCERTAINTIES EXIST AND THESE
UNKNOWNS MUST BE ELIMl.NATED PRIOR TO fULL ACCEPTANCE
Of LAND SPREADING AS POLLUTION fREE AND AS PRESENTING
NO DANGER TO EXISTING WATER SUPPLIES. ADDITIONAL
MONITORING OATA AND RESEARCH ARE NEEDED TO mORE fULLY
UNDERSTAND THE EfFECTS OF LAND SPREADING ON THE
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BE IT RESOLVED.
THAT THE OCOEE CITY CO~MISSIONERS
STRONGLY OBJECT AND HIGHLY RECO'.END TO THE GOVERN-
~ENTAL BODIES AND DECISION ~AKING OffICIALS TO 015-
A~IOVE WINTER GARDEN'S PLAN TO SPRAY EffLUENT ON THIS
SITE. THE PROPOSED AREA Of LAND SPREADING IS IN CLOSE
PROXI~ETY TO THE CITY Of OCOEE'S WATER SUPPLY AND
PROJECTED GROWTH EXPANSION. THE RISK Of POLLUTING
AND ENDANGERING THE CITY Of OCOEE'S WATER SUPPLY IS
TOO GREAT AND WARRANTS DISAPPROVAL Of THIS PROPOSED
SITE fOR LAND SPRAYING Of EffLUENT.
ATTEST.
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APPROVED BY THE MAYOR THIS r5l0
DAY Of 'r.oIYlLI,tJ/vf). 1973.
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