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At the town council meeting held Wednesday, January 14, Mayor Newbill Miller cautioned those present against opening old wells at private homes as a solution to the town’s water emergency.
"This poses an extreme hazard, not only for those who drink the water without testing it. but for the whole town.” Miller said. “We’ve put a lot of sewage in the ground since those wells were last used.”
Brad Fisher reminded those present to let people know that the water from old wells must be tested again before it is used. “Unless people install dual plumbing or special valves, the unsafe water could also circulate in the town system when the town’s water is restored,” he said.
According to William Burke, health department sanitation supervisor for the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District, it is doubtful that private wells in the town are grouted with a cement filling in the space between the well casing and the ground. "Without grouting, it’s an open invitation” for surface water to run down the sides of the casing into the bottom of the well, creating the possibility that the water source itself, in addition to the well, may be contaminated. Burke said.
Surface water carries coliform bacteria. This type
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