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Hank Gerhardt, representing Buckhart-Horne, project engineers, assured Atkins that it would be cheaper and more practical for many reasons.
Bill Loomis asked for the growth potential of the sewer system. Gerhardt said that 20 to 25 percent growth was built into the plans for the system.
There were several questions about outhouses, and what would happen to the homes without indoor bathrooms. The Authority did not directly respond to the outhouse questions, but dealt with them later at a special meeting on July 2.
Baumgardner summarized for the audience the history of the Virginia Department of Health’s dealing with sanitation problems in Sperryville. In the period between 1964 and 1975, he said, there were three food-related violations, 40 known raw sewage outfalls, 80 percent of wells found contaminated, 100 percent of wells unapproved, and 90 percent of septic systems found failing.
These violations and health-related problems, Baumgardner said, led to the critical situation in Sperryville and established it as the fifth most dangerous health hazard in Virginia in a 1984 waste water census.
After the informal public meeting, residents met individually with WSA members. All Authority members were present.
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