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Golf Course, and one development, South Wales. The golf course has been around for over 40 years; South Wales for a dozen years and it will complete its complement of 343 homes next spring.
The golf course replaced its buried gasoline and diesel fuel underground storage tanks (UST) some years ago and they are in conformance with Virginia UST regulations. Fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides used on the course tees and greens are the same as used by homeowners: they have EPA approval. Runoff is captured by a large retention pond and is used for irrigation on the golf course. The parking area has a pervious surface, grass and gravel, so its runoff is minimized. The public golf course is open space, with many trees about. Streams are buffered by vegetation. A well near the golf course is said to be over 240 feet deep and have a yield of between 60-80 gallons per minute. The water meets federal and state requirements.
The South Wales residential development, originally part farm, pasture, and forest, was designed to retain much vegetative cover, including buffer zones along streams. In preparing building lots, for the most part just the construction site itself was cleared, the status of the remaining vegetation being left to the new homeowner’s discretion. The South Wales Community Association has comprehensive rules on air and water pollution and landscaping standards for grass, trees, shrubs, or other ground cover.
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