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Groundwater protection device
Mr. Carter challenged a proposed requirement for a reserve drainfield on all new subdivided lots of five acres or less. “A drainfeld does not go bad if it’s maintained properly. And if the lines do get stopped up, you can take the field up and put it back in,” he said, adding that a reserve field is unnecessary if the soil percolates properly.
Marginal soils have been and will continue to be approved for septic systems, said Mr. Miller. “We don’t have a pollution problem in Rappahannock and we don’t want one,” he added, explaining that the requirement for a reserve drainfield is a step towards protecting the county’s groundwater.
“You shouldn’t have any problem (finding space for a reserve drainfield) if you have five acres, or even two acres,” said Commissioner John Clark.
“And if you do, you already have a dangerous situation,” Mr. Miller added.
Groundwater protection is also the rationale behind the commissioners’ proposal to require public water or sewer “at the discretion of the governing body and with consultation with the Health official,” in subdivision developments of five lots where all the lots are five acres or less in size. The commissioners also
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