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SEWAGE treatment facilities at the Rappahannock Elementary School may have to be upgraded to meet revised State Water Control Board standards, according to Superintendent of Schools O. A. Norton.
Norton told Rappahannock School Board members at their April meeting that he had received a letter from the SWCB regional office notifying the Board that the allowable level of suspended solids in sewage effluent had been lowered from 48 milligrams per litter to 30 milligrams. In the letter, the SWCB asked that the school’s lagoon facility be evaluated to determine if upgrading was necessary to meet the new standards.
According to Norton’s figures, solid levels were below both the old and new standards in October and November. In December, solid levels were 42 milligrams per liter, he reported. During January and February, the lagoon was covered with ice and did not operate. Readings taken in January showed that the level of suspended solids had skyrocketed to 76 milligrams per liter, said Norton.
Norton said he had informed the SWCB of the change. “I told them that we had a lot of turtles in the lagoon, putting their heads up all over the place; that we had a
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