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with the chlorination machinery already included in the plan.
In addition, Mr. Fisher said, the state Health Department requires more than one source for a public water supply, which may mean that the town must drill another well.
And the larger mains which will increase fire flow will probably require a larger reservoir than the present 100,000-gallon supply. At that rate, with the Washington VFD’s 1,000-gallon per minute deck gun on its truck, plus other lines flowing from other hydrants, a major fire could run the reservoir dry in less than two hours.
Mr. Fisher reported that he and Mayor Morehouse had attended a seminar on water and sewer financing for small communities. They spoke with Farmers Home Administration representatives about the possibility of a capital improvements loan to finance the water system project. At the workshop they learned that the possibility exists for a $475,000 grant and a $235,000 loan through FmHA to finance the project.
The $275,000 shortfall, he said, might be made up by a grant from the Virginia Community Block Grant Program. That grant, however, would depend on the approval of the FmHA loan.
He said the workshop leaders used as an example of local financing the town of Virgilina, Va., which has a population of 250. The town has put together a $1.1 million package of loans and grants to finance an overhaul of its water system.
“We told them to send us Virgilina’s paperw ork and we’d change the names,” Mr. Fisher quipped.
More seriously, he said, the
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