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semantics. Inadvertantly, the county's application for a block grant was not filed under the “imminent health threat” category, a designation that would ave added the points necessary to win the $478,193.
The Rappahannock supervisors have authorized another try for block grant money in the second funding cycle which begins this spring. The letter from Rice read at Monday’s WSA meeting supports that request.
In his letter to Gene Dishner of Housing and Community Development, the State Water Control Board chairman expressed concern that Sperryville’s waste water treatment project did not receive a block grant during the first round of funding. He noted that the SWCB approved FY '83 EPA grant hinds for the project, “contingent upon receipt of the local share funding from your program.” Since the money was not forthcoming, the SWCB deferred EPA funding for the project until FY '84 “in anticipation that the authority will receive second round funding.”
Without any type of conventional aste water treatment system, the town of Sperryville presently has raw waste water discharges (as many as 40 identified by the Health Department) emptying into the Thornton River, Rice noted. This has resulted in “degredation of state waters,” he said. “Also a State Health Department health hazard declaration exists for the area. In addition, malfunctioning or substandard septic systems and pit privities exist in the community. Needless to say, these problems further contribute to the public health
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