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Acreage homeowners to request county water

Reported by: Nichelle King
Email: nking@wptv.com
Last Update: 8/19/2009 9:03 am
WEST PALM BEACH -- Homeowners from The Acreage are expected to pack a meeting tonight at the Indian Trail Improvement District. Although their issue is not on the agenda, they plan to ask the county to provide their water. The homeowners are concerned their well water could be the source of a possible cancer cluster in their community.

In the past, many Acreage residents refused public water.  But the recent number of brain and other tumors in the area has encouraged many homeowners to request connection to county water at tonight's meeting.

The hook-up could cost 100 million dollars to connect all of the homes to county water and homeowners would have to help cover costs.

Indian Trail Improvement District officials are already warning that there is no formal item on tonight's agenda to address the water issue.  But the district says it does plan to team up with Palm Beach County to set a date for public input.  They expect it to be sometime in September - after findings on soil samples in The Acreage are released.

The meeting of the Indian Trail Improvement District starts tonight at 6:30.

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