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By Gerald Ochs
Rappahannock Newa Writer
Nearly a year after the Washington Wastewater Committee’s proposal for a Tbwn treatment facility were soundly thrashed at a public hearing, elements of much the same proposal are returning to the Tbwn Council as information and for discussion.
At the March meeting of the Washington Tbwn Council, Mayor Stew Willis presented a report prepared by the Tbwn’s wastewater consultant, Resource International, Ltd., that offers their evaluation of the Clopton-Anderson and VDOT properties for their suitability as sites for waste treatment and disposal.
The report concludes that the Clopton-Anderson parcel is “considered as the primary site for the subsurface disposal portion of the system” and that the VDOT parcel “could be considered for the treatment facilities portion of the system.”
“Subsurface disposal” is common- \ ly referred to as a drainfield, and “treatment facilities” is, more than likely, the recirculating sand filter system proposed by Resources International last year. An article entitled “Where Sheep Do Quietly Graze” was included for information in the meeting package, and it touts , ■i the benefits of recirculating sand filter treatment systems. ^
Town reservoir and
pump house work
Council member Steve Critzer reported that work on the pump house by County Water is nearing completion, and that some of the excavation work for the storage container site had been finished. He also requested and received approval for the expenditure of $200 for remote meter wiring.
Mayor Willis said that he had erred “last time” by not having scheduled a public hearing before the Council considered the expenditure
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