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With the application for $478,193 in community development block grant funds now filed, Rappahannock’s Water and Sewer Authority agreed on Monday to solicit support from the County’s representatives in Richmond for the funding request.
WSA secretary Bob Dennis volunteered to write to Representative Raymond R. “Andy” Guest and State Senator Nathan Miller, asking for letters of endorsement
“I hate to think it’s going to be decided on a political basis but I understand that all the other communities are fighting for block grant funds," Dennis said.
He reported that at the State Water Control Board’s August allocation hearing, localities had mayors, council members and other government officials on hand to speak in favor of their funding requests. Many of these communities are seeking block gfants to make up the local shire of funding for water and sewer projects, he added.
Cost of Sperryville's proposed sewer system is $1.69 million. The State Water Control Board has set aside $1.2 million in federal money from fiscal year 1983 for construction of the village’s waste water treatment facility but award is contingent upon winning the $478,1 93 community development block grant.
WSA chairman Carson Johnson noted on Monday that $150,000 in finance charges has been cut from the cost of the Sperryville project as a result of the Rappahannock supervisors' agreement to pay construction bills as they are submitted. Then when funds from the grants come in, the county will be repaid, he said.
Donald Gore added that projected costs may be reduced even further. He reported that SWCB officials in Richmond now think that the W ater Control Board will be able to finance redesign of the sewer system.
The original design, a conventional gravity collection system and lagoon treatment facility. was scrapped last year when
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