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the block grand funds, the SWCB polution specialist said. “I strongly recommend that you pursue this funding source,” Wilson told the WSA members. Before briefing the WSA on the current status of the Sperryville sewer project, Wilson reviewed the history of efforts to correct pollution of the Thornton River caused by the village’s malfunctioning septic fields.
1976 HUD Grant Cancelled
Efforts to secure finding began after the Health Department closed Lester Deal’s sandwich shop and threatened similar action for other Sperryville business on the grounds that the polluted river posed a health hazard. In 1976, the Department of Housing and Urban Development offered the county a $188,000 grant. When the project still hadn’t received final approval from
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