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to land in the mid-western U.S., Ms. Sellins answered: “Nothing recorded, no documented cases.”
“They have 30 inches of topsoil in the mid-West. We have six inches in Rappahannock. You can’t compare the two,” maintained Supervisor Newbill Miller.
Dr. Werner Krebser, planning commissioner and doctor at the Rappahannock Medical Center, reported that surveys show sewage treatment plant workers have no higher instance of hepatitis and other diseases than does the general public.
In response to a question regarding the quality of Blue Plains sludge, Ms. Sellins noted that it’s “one of the cleanest sludges in this country . . . It’s not a high industrial sludge.”
“We have pure sewage going down the creek in Amissville,” interjected Helen Dixon. “I’m much more worried about that than about sludge.”
“Blue Plains is run carelessly overloaded. I don’t want to have anything to do with Blue Plains sludge, period,” said a man in the rear of the darkened Gay Street theater (where meetings are being held while the courthouse is under renovation.)
In proposing that Fauquier be asked to take Rappahannock’s sludge, Mr. Eastham charged that the State Water Control Board’s position on monitoring is “Let the citizens do it. If they complain, we’ll check into it. If they don’t, fine we’ll let it go.”
“We’ve asked other counties to take care of our trash and our stray dogs ... We ought to start taking care of our own problems,” said Mrs. Dixon.
“Why object so much to spreading fertilizer on grass?” asked Eugene Esecherich.
A voice from the back of the theater maintained that the crux of the land application issue lies in monitoring and sludge quality. “Every truckload brought in here must be inspected,” the man maintained.
“Who’s going to do the monitoring at 5 a.m.?” asked Mr. Frazier, saying he opposed land application of sludge anywhere in Rappahannock County.
“I can understand the opposition to Blue Plains sludge to some extent,” said Dr. Krebser. “But I’m amazed at the audacity of asking someone else to accept OUR sludge. . . I think we ought to take care of our own affairs,” said the planning commission member from Wakefield District.
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