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Servpro of Alachua County West employee Robert Harrison holds up mold-covered drywall while working at a Gainesville, Fla. home removing a mold infestation, Thursday, August 28, 2014.

Among the consequences of this summers frequent rains and intense humidity, besides thriving yards and weeds, is the increased chance of mold growth, threatening residents homes and health.

While the rainfall this year in and around Alachua County generally has been a normal amount, mold growth is rampant. Mark Raymond, the owner of SERVPRO, a mold remediation company serving Alachua County, said his company has seen a 10 percent increase in mold cleanup calls this year over past seasons.

By the time most people realize there is a problem, Raymond said, they have tried everything they can to get rid of it. Trying to resolve the problem yourself can be a mistake, he said.

Even though most people think they can see the problem, mold spores by themselves are microscopic, so people actually cant see where theyre supposed to clean, he said. They could cross-contaminate their homes or kick spores up into the air that were dormant.

The best advice, he said, is to call a state-licensed mold assessor who will look at the structure from a mold and air quality perspective, then do swab tests and air samplings to determine the extent of the problem.

Once the source and the intensity are determined, remediators can remove the mold and spores.

The weather does play a role in mold growth, but rainfall and mold are not necessarily correlated, according to Ben Nelson of the National Weather Service. Just because there is limited rain does not mean there is low humidity, which can spur mold growth.

Mold needs time to develop, he said, so a wet spring can turn into a bloom later in the year.

Mold is not only hard to discern and difficult to clean, it can also cause severe allergies, leading to prolonged illness, according to officials at Gainesville Medical Centers, a company at 805 NW 13th St. that specializes in dealing with such allergens.

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Commissioners unanimously voted to approve temporary waiver for sewer connections for 12 months at Thursdays regular city commission meeting.

The waiver would give residents who arent connected the sewer mains the chance to connect without the fees for a residential sewer tap and fees for road bores or road cuts until Aug. 31, 2015.

This is an excellent opportunity for people whove been on the fence and having problems with their septic system, Public Works Director J.C. Hughes said. This is an excellent opportunity that youre seldom going to get to cut costs tremendously.

New customers will still be responsible for paying to install piping on their property and installing a sewer clean-out at the property line.

In the past nine years, the water and utilities department has opened 603 sewer service connections to residents since they started their service line extension program. However, only 41 percent of new sewer connections were made by residents in extended areas.

The previous cost for new customers to connect to sanitary sewer lines were $500 for tap fees and $250 for road bores. Hughes said the cost had turned a lot of residents from connecting.

We receive many calls each year from residents interested in connecting to our sewer system, but we seldom hear back from them once they hear the up-front costs of the tap and bore fees, he said.

The waiver incentive is open to all residential customers for a single home location but doesnt apply to multi-family, commercial or industrial locations and only applies to new sewer connections.

Hughes added that he strongly encouraged resident to connect to their sewer system for health reasons.

One other major issue related to us strongly encouraging residents to connect to our sanitary sewer system has to do with the health and safety of residents and their neighbors, he said. Unsanitary conditions can lead to development of coliform bacteria or other environmental pathogens which could transmit, generate, or promote communicable diseases.

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