Save our Aquifer
- by: Save our Aquifer
- recipient: Cites of Rockledge and Port Canaveral
http://saveouraquifer.org
ABOUT: The City of Rockledge plans to seek a cycle testing injection permit from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to inject 120 -180 million gallons a year of partially treated sewage, 370-470 feet below, directly into the Floridan aquifer under the guise of "Aquifer Storage and Recovery" (ASR). In preparation for this injection permit, the City initiated a ban on all potable water wells within a 1-mile radius of the Rockledge Sewage Treatment Facility located at 1700 Jack Oats Blvd. The ban affects more than 2100 residential homes. The ASR well threatens to contaminate local wells and the Indian River Lagoon, an Estuary of National Significance.
Rockledge City Council
Chairman E. Georgia Phillips Presiding
Council Chamber, Rockledge City Hall
1600 Huntington Lane
Rockledge, Florida 32955
I hereby express my opposition to the FDEP cycle testing permits that would allow Canaveral Port Authority to annually inject 150 million gallons of non-potable, partially treated sewage water, from the City of Cape Canaveral Wastewater Treatment Plant, 35 - 60 feet below land surface, entirely within the Underground Source of Drinking Water (USDW). The lithology of the site consists of beach ridges and dunes. The "storage" zone in the region consists of unconsolidated sand, silt, and clay.
I also express opposition to the FDEP cycle testing permit that would allow the City of Rockledge to annually inject 180 million gallons of non-potable, partially treated sewage from their Sewage Wastewater Treatment Plant 370-470 feet below land surface, directly into the Underground Source of Drinking Water (USDW).
If permitted, these ASR wells would forever contaminate the aquifer--the Underground Source of Drinking Water--and cause groundwater changes that would result in direct, indirect and cumulative adverse impacts to people, to marine species in the Indian River lagoon, and to the Atlantic Ocean. Examples of contaminants that would be present in the partially treated sewage water include: antibiotics, birth control and other related pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors; heavy metals, PCBs and other industrial and urban chemicals; known carcinogens and other components that negatively affect humans and other living organisms.
In summary, we oppose injection of partially treated sewage ASR wells in Rockledge and Cape Canaveral due to the following:
* We should not be disposing of partially treated sewage into the Underground Source of Drinking Water
* Endangers adjacent ecosystems because of migrating pollutants
* Not beneficial for the public, but enables the State to justify continued uncontrolled growth
* Uses experimental technology in a gamble to conserve drinking water for future growth
* Eliminates use of a local drinking water resource for the purpose of watering lawns
* Economically risky
Respectfully,
Supporters of Save Our Aquifer in Brevard County Florida and across the globe.
cc.
Michael.Sole@dep.state.fl.us duane.watroba@dep.state.fl.us lea.crandall@dep.state.fl.us
City Manager, Jim McKnight, City of Rockledge
1600 Huntington Lane, Rockledge, Fla. 32955.
321-690-3978
jmcknight@cityofrockledge.org
www.cityofrockledge.org
Mayor Larry L. Schultz
1820 Laurel Oak Dr. S.
Rockledge, FL 32955
(H) 632-7522
mayor@cityofrockledge.org
Council Seat #1
Dr. Joe Lee Smith
918 Levitt Pkwy.
Rockledge, FL 32955
(H) 636-2166
jlsmith@cityofrockledge.org
Council Seat #2
Richard K. Blake
916 Brunswick Lane
Rockledge, FL 32955
(H) 632-2096
rkblake@cityofrockledge.org
Council Seat #3
Colleen Stuart
899 Jefferson Road
Rockledge, Fl. 32955
(H) 632-4963
cstuart@cityofrockledge.org
Council Seat #4
Frank Forester
1481 Wellington Circle
Rockledge, FL 32955
(H) 636-2561
fforester@cityofrockledge.org
Council Seat #5
E. Georgia Phillips
856 Westport Dr.
Rockledge, FL 32955
(H) 636-6759
egphillips@cityofrockledge.org
Council Seat #6
Tom Price
11 Wincove Lane
Rockledge, FL 32955
(W) 632-2554
tprice@cfl.rr.com
City Clerk & Public Relations
Betsi Beatty Moist
(W) 321-690-3978
FAX 321-639-1065
cityclerk@cityofrockledge.org
Wastewater Treatment & Water Reclamation Director
Alan M. LaDuke
(W) 321-690-3975
FAX: 321-690-3998
aladuke@cityofrockledge.org
Florida DEP
3900 Commowealth Boulevard, MS # 35, Tallahassee, Fla. 32399-3000
850-245-2212
Duane.Watroba@dep.state.fl.us
St. Johns River Water Management District
4049 Reid Street, Palatka, Fla. 32177
clerk@sjrwmd.com
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