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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON

Rappahannock Newt Staff Writer

If local politicians can be counted on to reflect the concerns of their constituents, then groundwater protection is a key issue today, especially for residents of the rapidly growing counties on the fringes of the sprawling D.C.- Northern Virginia metropolis.

Supervisors from Loudoun County and incumbents and candidates from Prince William echoed the same theme at a meeting in Manassas earlier this month of the state’s Water Study Commission for groundwater protection strategy: local governments need (1) financial and technical assistance to determine the quality and

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