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Department some years ago due to contaminated water.
As to water needed for operation of the proposed sewage disposal system, Demer noted that the onlywater going in will be water that now goes into septic tanks and drainfields.
When the system is built, Dennis added, it is expected to clean up the ground water now contaminated by fecal coliform. "The evidence is pretty good from around the state," he said, that when a septic system is installed in a community with Sperryville's pollution problem, contamination levels drop.
Loomis asked for information on the increment of animal fecal matter seeping into Sperryville's ground water.
Excrement from livestock and horses generally does not create a health problem as regards water quality, according to Dr. Einarson. Animal wastes don't contain human pathogens, he added.
Woodward stated that he is in favor of the proposed sewer project if it results in clean-up of the river and the community’s wells "and if it can be had at a price the people can afford to pay for." He added that he's also concerned about trading a pollution problem for an odor problem.
Good Neighbor
The WSA doesn't want to build a treatment plant that will become an odor problem, according to Dennis. "A good, modern, sewage treatment facility doesn't create an odor problem...We can't make any promises but we will try to run a plant that will be a goodneighbor and not a bad neighbor."
Deal said he is also definitely in favor of the proposed sewer project. "But 1 hate to see a lot of money spent for something that might not work."
Dennis invited Deal and anyone else with doubts regarding the system to follow along with the WSA on the detailed engineering that the next step called for in the project approval process.
"There’s no question that the system will work. It will work,” Demer assured the audience. Delays that have plagued the project are the result of economic considerations, not technical problems, he said.
"I'm in favor (of the proposed treatment facility) but only to the extent that it's affordable...and that it will work,” stated Fred Schaefer, adding that monthly user fees must be in the $7-510 range. “We’re certainly aware of the economic considerations. We have to get some extra help,” Dennis responded, expressing that the WSA will be able to keep monthly bills in that range with additional funds from the block grant program. With no further comments from the audience, the hearing was closed. WSA members then met informally with John Capelle, executive director of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District Commission, to begin work on the block grant application. The record for the hearing will remain open for an additional 30 days. Anyone with further questions may address them in writing to the WSA. Demer indicated that his firm will reply to all inquiries.
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