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Stanley Dye, self-described “chief engineer” for the water system and roads in Rappahannock Lakes, reported that when he bought his home there in the summer of 1980, “the real estate people veered away from the problem” of the water system.

Dan Wilson was then the administrator for Dr. Williams and was charging $500 a year for water and road maintenance, Mr. Dye said. But faucets kept running dry, so Mr. Dye, who is maintenance supervisor for Airlie, near Warrenton, decided to investigate.

He told the BZA that he discovered the spring on Mr. Wilson’s property had been disconnected, as directed by the Health Department, and a new well dug. Drilled just 12 feet away from the old well, it produced only l‘/2 gallons per minute, he noted. “At the time I moved there, 17 houses were on the system, and I was told that at one time,

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