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voir covering 253 acres).
The second reservoir site near Clevenger’s Corner is east of Route 229. near Route 623. Water pumped from the Rappahannock River would be held by a dam on Beaverdam Run.
The search for water is underway in other counties as well. Last November, the Warren County Board of Supervisors approved a United States Geological Survey (USGS) groundwater study estimated at a cost close to $900,000 over a five-year period. The county is paying $90,000 this year, with the USGS contributing $47,500. Development in Warren County is about 200 homes a year, with some 160 of them being in rural areas and requiring groundwater.
The study will better answer questions on the quantity of water available for use; well drawdown effects on groundwater levels and stream flows; and the quality of the water and its vulnerability to sources of contamination.
Frederick County, further north in the Shenandoah Valley, began a similar fouryear study by USGS in October 2000. Some 150 sites are to be sampled for the same purposes as described above. Development in Frederick County is expected to involve 400 new water and sewer connections per year over the next five years.
Luray, in Page County, has a small water problem. It plans to speed up the building of a 200,000-1,000,000 gallon elevated water tank at the west end, where water supply and water pressure are of concern. Incidentally, Luray provides a good comparison with Clevenger’s Corner.
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