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SUPERVISOR J.R. Latham asked Biddle who would operate the proposed sewer system. Biddle replied that the Sewer and Water Authority would and that the County would not be financially responsible in any way.
Biddle told the Supervisors that a small loan from the Farmers Home Administration would be all the money that would have to be repaid. The rest of the funding for the system will come from Federal sources through HUD and EPA and through the State, he said. Hie loan repayment has been figured into the monthly user charge on the sewer system, said Biddle.
Dr. Malcolm Tenney, Regional Director of the Public Health Department, told the Supervisors that his department is very concerned about the dangers of raw sewage entering drinking water. He said that the Department had “bent over backwards” in accomodating the people, of Sperryville while .they worked towards a solution of the problem, caused by the flow of untreated sewage into the Thorton River and the town water table.
“You’re at the doorway of a solution,” said Tenney. He maintained that if the community said “no” to this solution, if conditions stay like they are, the Health Department will be obligated to force those discharging directly into the stream to cease polluting or close down. This would apply to both businesses and residencies. “There is a real danger in this thing. . . It can’t go on,” he said.
LUKE stated that samples had been sent from nine Sperryville wells to Richmond for testing, and that eight of the samples had tested “positive,” showing the presence of fecal coloform bacteria.
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