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The Rappahannock School Board may soon be faced with another sewage disposal dilemma—this time at the high school. Superintendent William Bloomer reported at the June meeting that the Slate Water Control Board (SWCB) had requested an eight-page questionnaire be filled out on the high school's sand filter treatment prior to issuance of a discharge permit Although Bloomer said there were no problems that the administration was aware of. he noted that the SWCB had wide latitude in setting the effluent standards that the sewage treatment operation must meet. Bloomer told the Board that the SWCB had asked 'hat the questionnaire be eturned by June 10. It was in possible for this deadline
be met. he said, because of extra work involved in school closing. He added that most of his answers would have to be guesstimates" since the questionnaire included queries on technical matters—for instance, how many gallons flow through the system per day?
After the questionnaire is returned to the SWCB, personnel from that office will make a site inspection before determining the standards for biological oxygen demand and suspended solids that the sand filter treatment must meet. Unlike the lagoon system at the elementary school, effluent must be released daily at the high school plant. "This may mean daily testing." warned Dr. Bloomer.
Since the high school sand filter system has never been issued a discharge permit. Bloomer explained later, standards "can be set at any limits that the SWCB sees fit " If the limits on suspended solids and biological oxygen demand are
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