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Runoff, sludge
swap sought
By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Last Thursday the Rappahannock Water and Sewer Authority moved closer to the point when it can resume pumping out the tanks of customers in the Sperryville sewer system.
No tanks have been pumped since December 1988, when the Rosebud Septic Service of Culpeper fulfilled the last of its obligations under a three-year contract with the WSA.
At their monthly meeting the members voted unanimously to purchase a pumping truck from Frank Stringfellow for $4,500, if Mr. Stringfellow can demonstrate that the truck will meet the WSA’s needs.
The purchase is also contingent on permission being granted by the Culpeper office of the Health Department for sludge from the tanks to be pumped into the plant for processing aktng with the liquid effluent from the system. Plant manager Tim Falls will begin pumping approximately one tank per week once the county owns the truck.
Member James E. Swindler III reported that he had talked with two people at the Culpeper office and that they had a number of questions, but they believed that the WSA would have permission to pump the sludge into the plant once the questions were answered.
The WSA also granted tentative approval to a request from the county’s Board of Supervisors that the plant process the contents from the catch pond at the county landfill in Amissville. WSA member Charles K. “Pete” Estes, who also represents Sperryville and Piedmont District on the board, told the other members that catch pond is filling up with rainwater runoff. The runoff has been tested, he said, and found to be as pure as well water.
The WSA members said they are interested in exchanging letters of understanding with the county saying that the Sperryville plant will accept the contents of the catch pond at the plant, as long as the plant is not be damaged. In return, they suggested, the county would agree to accept processed sludge from the plant for disposal when it becomes necessary to remove it.
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