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The Virginia Department of Health has requested that the Virginia Department of Transportation eliminate the roadside spring on Highway 211 between Sperryville and Thornton Gap in Rappahannock County.
The spring lies on a highway right-of-way through Shenandoah National Park, and its source, within the park, is not in danger of pollution from any source other than, according to the Health Department, an animal which defecates on the ground surface above these waters. Come now; that would have to be an animal with an amazing digging ability or a serious problem.
I am a resident of Fairfax County, near metropolitan Washington, D.C. and I have been traveling to this spring at a minimum of monthly for two years for my drinking water. This is literally the only water I drink, and the loss of this source of water would be a serious blow.
As anyone who drives Highway 211 between Luray and Sperryville know, this is one popular spring. There is always at least one car there, and often a vertiable traffic jam. Some people, like myself, fill containers and bring them home, others just stop for a refreshing drink. There are no accurate numbers recorded, but I would guess from a litte conservative math that they run into the tens of thousands annually.
This action is requested on the basis of bacterial contamination alleged as the result of data of indeterminate age and accuracy. Further, from what I understand, it is the complaints of a single individual, who neither lives near, nor drinks from the spring, which are driving the fuss. Charles Shepard and Jipi Bums of the Health Department
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