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By Don Audette
Special to the Rappahannock News
In the future, Rappahannock County may face considerable residential and commercial development. One reason for this series of articles is to describe what happens when such development takes place. Clevenger’s Comer,* in Culpeper County, three miles from this county’s eastern border, can serve as a good example. That development involves 1,900 acres, 1,500 homes, and a possible population of about 4,100 people by 2015.
So far in the series, the population and traffic implications of Clevengers Comer have been discussed. Also, how the water needs of 600,000 gallons per day and the use of a 750,000 gallon elevated water tank were determined. Recent articles have described how the 600,000 gallons of water per day might be found, and Culpeper County’s possible use of reservoirs near the Hazel and Rappahannock rivers as a backup water supply.
Planning becomes reality when it comes to establishing a water works. It is part of the infrastructure of a development. Many people are familiar with this step which they see as they travel around Northern Virginia. At this stage, a cut is made into the landscape from the main road, trees are cleared,
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