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Tom Savage, a member of the Rappahannock River Conservation Planning Group, which is considering the future use of land owned by Fredericksburg along the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers, spoke next. He is also a member of the Friends of the Rappahannock. He said he had recently read a letter written by one of his ancestors writing home to England after coming to Virginia and seeing the Rappahannock River in its “pristine condition.”
Now, he said, there are problems with outdated sewage treatment plants at Warrenton and Remington, “fish don’t breed, there are rockfish bans, shad bans, crabs and oysters are dying.” He said the Rappahannock is “one of the better rivers, and still it has problems.”
“What is the river worth?” Mr. Savage asked. “Either we preserve it or degrade it. I’m voting to protect it as much as possible. ”
Sally Murray, executive director of the Fauquier County Chamber of Commerce, spoke next saying the chamber had adopted a position asking that Tier III not go forward until certain concerns are addressed.
Ms. Murray said that Fauquier businesses include many environmentalists. She said that Warrenton and Fauquier sewer rates are above average and the only way to lower the rates is to expand their customer bases. She said that if all future growth has to be accommodated with septic fields rather than with sewage treatment plants that will mean less open space preserved and no low'-cost housing. She said promoting economic development and low-cost housing are two of the goals identified by Fauquier’s planning groups.
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