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With the $2.1 million dollar project “substantially completed,” the Sperryville Water and Sewer Authority held an open house on Tuesday at its treatment plant, located on Rt. 1003 in Sperryville. Four members of the Board of Supervisors and their assistant John McCarthy joined William Strider, executive director of Planning District 9, and the members of the WSA in a tour of the plant.
“We wanted you to come and see what you got for the money, said WSA Chairman Martin Woodard. The treatment system was funded entirely by grants from the state and federal government, with assistance coming to the Authority from the supervisors and also from Mr. Strider’s office. The federal government pitched in $1,531,000, while the state’s share totalled $520,110, funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
“It (the treatment plant) was a heckuva gift,” commented Mr. Strider. “It will never happen again -- those days are gone forever.” The grant funding for the Sperryville system was approved before the present fiscal restraints imposed at the federal level became so pervasive.“At a cost of about $100,000 a head for the people in Sperryville, it certainly was,” agreed Mr. Woodard.
“I want to thank the board of supervisors for its support,” Mr. Woodard added. “It couldn’t have
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