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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock N*w» Staff Writer
“We are now confronted with a landfill operated by private parties which could threaten our water supply,” said Councilman William Wickens, prefacing his introduction of an ordinance to protect the water supply of the Town of Washington.
However, Mr. Wickens noted, “this ordinance was drafted two years ago - before we ever heard of the landfill.”
“This ordinance is not retaliation by the town toward the (proposed) landfill,” Mayor Dean Morehouse agreed. “It is just prudent and responsible management of a precious asset: our water.”
Following a sparsely attended public hearing, council adopted the water protection ordinance unanimously.
The ordinance empowers the Town of Washington to review and grant approval for plans for the construction and operation of any waste disposal facility within a three-mile radius of the town limits. Such power was granted by the state in Section 15.1-292 of the Code of Virginia, which states in part, “Such governing body (county, city or town) may also prevent the pollution of water and ipjury to waterworks for which purpose their jurisdiction shall extend to five miles about the same...”
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