Published 9-18-2007
By Pat Hatfield
BEACON STAFF WRITER
Water has been a pivotal issue in Volusia County politics for years. How to supply — and share — drinking water for a growing population has long been a question.
Also, the hurricanes of 2004 dramatically illustrated the need for stormwater controls, as neighborhoods across West Volusia flooded.
The public agrees there is a need to regulate and protect the water supply, but the question of exactly how to do that remains.
The ill-fated Water Authority of Volusia (WAV) was one such attempt to provide countywide regulation, and to prepare for a future that is almost certain to include finding and funding ways to get drinking water from the St. Johns River or the Atlantic Ocean.
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