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County only to leave with the effluent. Before July 1, effluent could be spread on farmland for fertilizer. But now all effluent must be processed into sewage then into sludge before being applied onto open land.
Processing septage—septic tank effluent—is slow, costly and treated with careful measurement at already overloaded sewage treatment plants in surrounding counties.
These plants work on a delicate balance, using organic materials that must be carefully maintained for plants to reman productive.
Few sewage treatment plants are capable of treating septage into sewage and processing it into sludge, which in a refined stage is land-applicable.
If a sewage treatment plant does treat septage it usually is for the county residents in which the plant is located. In Rappahannock County, there is only one sewage treatment plant—the Sperryville package plant, working at capacity and not designed for expansion.
All septage in Rappahannock County is now transported elsewhere for treatment.
Tri-County Septic in Viewtown is the only pumping service in Rappahannock County.
At present, owner and operator Ken Worley dumps in a federal dump site—undisclosed due to competition between dumpers.
‘This is a very delicate situation,” he said, adding at present he is planning “a lagoon” on private property, awaiting perk test results and approval from the county super
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