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Mayor Stewart Willis said the Town of Washington is interested in seeing if it can work out a cooperative agreement with the county’s Water and Sewer Authority to have the town water system tested.
New regulations that came in with the new treatment plant require much more extensive testing than was previously required of the town. It is possible they could be performed by WSA personnel who are trained in that work.
This seems eminently sensible. The WSA is already involved in a cooperative agreement with the school system to have its operator do work for the schools. This costs the school system about $8,150. That is less than the schools would have to pay to have an independent company run its tests and it guarantees that someone qualified is there every day.
If a similar arrangement can be worked out for the town, it could mean-^pore pay for the operators, in line with their increased responsibilities, and financial relief for Sperryville’s sewer users. At $21.50 per month for an ordinary household, they are paying a fairly steep price.
However, it will be necessary to make sure the increased demands on operator time do not go beyond what can be reasonably expected of an operator in a day. WSA members hardly need any more problems with the state’s Department of Environmental Quality for their management of the Sperryville plant.
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