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Charles K. “Pete” Estes asked Mr. McCarthy how many gallons of septage he was talking about. Mr. Estes serves on the WSA.
Mr. McCarthy estimated that 2,500 Rappahannock households use septic tanks. He said that they probably average 1,500 gallons. The Health Department recommends that they be pumped every three to five years, he said, but many people don’t have them pumped that often. He said that this might mean one or two tanks per day being pumped into the Sperryville plant.
Mr. Estes said that the SWCB and the Health Department won’t consider a plan without an engineering study. “Will you be willing to fund an engineering study?” he asked.
Col. Bingham again suggested that the problem should be solved on a regional basis through PD-9. “Let them run their gamut before we spend our resources,” he said.
Mr. McCarthy said both Culpeper and Fauquier counties were negotiating with firms to provide plans to upgrade sewer treatment plants to handle their own septage. “We have been talking about handling ours on a per load basis, but until they determine their costs, no one will talk to us,” he said. He said he felt it would not be economical for Rappahannock to try to upgrade the Sperryville plant to handle the county’s septage.
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