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they want to or not,” Biddle stated. This is required under state law. He said it would be necessary for the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors to concur with this requirement and said he hoped the matter would be included on the agenda for the August 12 meeting. He emphasized that neither sewage system would require any “out of pocket money” from the users for hook-up or construction fees. The only cost incurred by the users would be the monthly fee.
Neither system will have the capacity for development to any substantial degree. A few new houses could be built in the town but a development similar to Warrenton Lakes could not be served by either alternative. Biddle said that a sewer treatment plant could always be expanded but the cost to a community of 150 families like Sperryville would appear to be prohibitive. He estimated that an expansion would cost an additional eight to ten thousand dollars and would cause monthly user fees to climb to approximately “ $20.
The town of Sperryville must accept one of the two sewer alternatives or be faced with the revocation of Health Department permits required by businesses that handle food or have public restrooms.
AT PRESENT, some raw sewage flows directly into and pollutes the Thornton River. An even more immediate peril, according to Biddle, is the contamination of the
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