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3 * SHARON KILPATRICK
A'ippahannock News Staff Writer
Uiitil July 1 it was somewhat legal to spread septage, the material pumped from the bottoms of septic tanks, on fields in most counties of Virginia. It no longer is.
Although the bill that makes it illegal was passed in 1986, most localities, including Rappahannock, find themselves unprepared to handle septage at sewage treatment plants.
According to the 1986 bill counties could continue to dispose of lime-stabilized septage on fields and unstabilized septage by shallow injection on fields, until July 1 of this
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