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Stiff fines will not
solve the problem
We hope the State Water Control Board can be persuaded not to fine the county Water and Sewer Authority lor violations at the Sperryville sewer plant.
We do not condone the violations that occurred at the plant. Apparently laboratory tests were being performed Incorrectly. Reports of lab tests were not accurate and may have been made up. There is some evidence that former operator Tim Falls was not at the plant every day. Finally the situation reached the point where partially treated sewage was flowing through the plant into the Thornton River.
WSA members appear to want to lay all the blame for these conditions on Mr. Falls, but they had some responsibility for supervising his work.
When Mr. Falls took the job of plant operator, he agreed to work four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. It was probably unreasonable to expect anyone to take on such a schedule. In addition Mr. Falls was farming, had his own welding business, and most recently established a business spreading lime and fertilizer.
Recently Mr. Falls was told he would have to return to the plant to conduct a third test four hours after he left at the end of his four hour shift. No a4justment was made to Mr. Falls’s pay for this additional work. Authority members felt it could still all be done in four hours a day split between three times of being at the plant, but such a schedule left little time lor other work.
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