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charging into streams as small as the Covington or the Rush? (If not, why does the comprehensive plan allow all that commercial development along U.S. 211?) Could we build a septictank based system such as the one at Sperryville and treat the liquid portion for farm and forest use, while hauling the solids for disposal elsewhere — thus avoiding the requirements governing instream discharge? (How would that option be regarded in a county opposed to agricultural use of sewage sludge?)
I suggest the county also seek outside help, at least some of which might be free, in brain-storming new septic field requirements. Most of us here rely on private wells for water supply; we know from Sperryville twenty years ago and perhaps Washington today that septic fields don’t always function as promised,
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