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JNewbill Miller noted his use of soil maps to determine suitability, and said that he was concerned about the occurrence of fractured rock outcroppings located near good perking soils on the property. “Drainfield effluent can leach in to the water table through fractures in the rock,” he pointed out. Nels Parson, who lives on one boundary of the parcel, said that it is surrounded by homes and would be “an assault on the environment . . .on the neighborhood.” He also noted that there was “flawed engineering in site section” because of its relatively high elevation, and promised that “there are at least five families that would resist—by any means necessary—the proposed use ...”
Self-described weekender Curt Campbell mentioned that “explosive growth” in his hometown in California was preceded by the construction of a town sewage treatment system, and expressed his fears that such a solution in Washington would lead to similar growth problems. Wastewater Study Committee member Jeff Butler said that he “wants to make a public statement that I’m against spending $1.6 million for a sewer system,” and he continued by reminding the Council that the Mayor, at the Monday meeting, proposed that the town look for a “new solution for the 3500 gallon per day" problem.
Bill Tieckelmann pursued that
See COUNCIL, Page A8
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