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available as grants for sewage systems. Virginia’s share of this money is $98 million. In addition, $1.6 million has been set aside for “hardship cases.” Hardship status is given to an area where the per capita income of residents is below the state me; dian, and the community of Sperryville qualifies, he noted.
The Sperryville Community Group was organized nearly a year ago, in November of 1973, after businesses in Sperryville were informed that their health permits would not be renewed, since they dumped sewage directly into the Thornton River. Since that time, I.R. Kilby, president of the Sperryville Community Group; Maury Biddle, chairman of the Water and Sanitation Authority; Fanning Baumgardner, county engineer, and Pete Luke, supervisor
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