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Treatment
options can
save money
By Galen C. McBride
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Town Wastewater Study Committee Chairman Charles Tbmpkins wants Mother Nature to join his team. “I’ve said over and over again in public forum” that an agnculture-based wastewater treatment system could be the best way for the town to go.
Based on Mr. Tompkins’ committee’s research, “a multi-million dollar treatment facility on the Rush River is totally impractical. That’s the Rush River,” he said pointing out the drought-stricken stream on the edge of town. “There’s no way” treated effluent could be recycled into it. Experts agree.
Since last November, the Town Council has been seriously investigating potential solutions to drain field problems in the center of town. A needs assessment study conducted in April 1997 by environmental consultants Resource International, Ltd., of Ashland, concluded that the existing onlot wastewater disposal systems are failing due to a combination of critical factors including population density, unsuitable soil conditions, natural storm water drainage patterns, and inadequate lot or drainage field size. % Surface water sampling performed during the course of the study indicated that, while the problems could be expected to increase over time, pollution of the town’s water supply was not an immediate concern. However, the consultants strongly recommended that the town address wastewater disposal in both near- and long-term planning.
A planned sanitation survey by the County Health Department had to be postponed and consolidated with an income survey in order not to
See WATER, Page A8
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