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Small-lot family subdivisions, normally exempted from density restrictions and other ordinance requirements, should have to meet the reserve drainfield standard, he said. “I believe we’ve got to protect their health, too,” Mr. Miller maintained.

Evidence shows that leaking underground storage tanks and failed septic systems present the greatest threat of groundwater contamination. Virginia’s worst case of water pollution is in Nelson County where unusually hard soil will simply not soak up waste discharged from home septic systems, according to Delegate J. A. Rollison, speaking before the State Water Commission’s July meeting in Manassas.

Here in Rappahannock County, the Health Department found private wells in Sperryville contaminated by waste from septic fields

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