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By DAPHNE HI T< HINSON
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They talked about raw sewage (lowing down the open ditches in Sperrvville and the village residents who've Fallen ill after drinking well water contaminated by that sewage and 'hev wondered how and why their community development block grant that was to give Sperrvville a sewer system was rejected.
But the Water and Sewer Authority members and representatives from Rappahannock's board of supervisors who attended Monday night's emergency meeting had no answers.
John Capelle, executive director from the Rappahannock - Rapidan Planning District Commission, had bare the facts of what had happened in Richmond last week but as to why, he. too. had only conjectures. He told the unsmiling WSA members and supervisors J. R. Latham and Charles F.stes that the state had received 150 block grant applications for the total $14 million available state wide. Rappahannock's request for $478,193 w as not one of the 22 funded. "You were about 100 points short of the bottom," Capelle said, adding that Rappahannock received 628 points out of a possible 1.000 from the Housing and Commmunity Development's evaluating committee. The highest rated funded application received 933 points; the lowest 723. "There were approximately 40 unfunded applications ahead of you." Capelle said.
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