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estimates on how much the new design will cost but said he hoped the price would be halved. "That’s what the feasibility study's supposed to tell us.” he added.

Acccording to- the WSA chairman, the latest design proposal will utilize existing septic tanks for the first stage of sewage treatment. Collection lines will connect to septic tanks instead of leading into each house and will carry effluent to a lagoon. Only one lagoon instead of two will be required for the second stage since treatment will already have begun inside the septic tanks. Biddle explained.

In addition, he noted, further cost reductions are expected to result from using gravity flow instead of pressure lines and from reducing line size from six inches at approximately $16 per foot to four-inch line at about $12 per foot.

The WSA’s proposals seek funds from EPA to install septic tanks in the nine Sperryville homes without indoor toilet facilities. Biddle continued. He noted that the earlier grant included money for bathrooms in the same

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