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(Continued from Page 1) Washington’s council worked on a permanent solution to its water woes.
A state geologist pinpointed the best possible water location within a mile of town after a thorough study of aerial photographs. His methods proved more effective than the dowser’s, hitting approximately ten times the flow that Washington Mayor Newbill Miller had hoped for. But the collective sigh of relief breathed by Washingtonians at the news proved premature, as empty faucets demonstrated last Friday.
Charlie Jenkins reported that the town has ordered a pump for the well in anticipation of eventual health department approval.
Becky Tolliver, health dep4rtment district engineer for i the RappahannockRapidan Planning District, reported on Tuesday that final approval of the water samples from the new town well was received from Richmond that morning.
She had no explanation of why it took four weeks to have the chemical checks completed Tolliver noted, however, that even if health department approval had been received earlier, the well could not have been connected to the town’s water system because the new pump has not yet arrived.
According to Mayor Newbill Miller, the pump is in Charlottesville and will be brought to Washington on Wednesday. As a temporary
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