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Rifaat told the cqu&tilf n In contrast,the Whshinflflnn Tbwn Council maintains that they arrived attheir current plans after more than 15 and the expenditure of more than $165,000 on consultants and engineers. Hie town looked into installing sand filtration systems on neighboring properties, creating multiple drain fields, and even piping their waste all theway to£ Sperryville to be treated, "hut none of those plana^wsa|§s
viable for Washington’s specific needs.” ** % . . ^ J*^i| “We’re making every effort possihletpdo the right thing. ThiB isn’t seine conclusion we’ve just jumped to, it’s been a 15-year thing,” said Council member Claudia Mitchell. t. >. w v • .x > ^ Plunging into the debate ?.* Washington’s large investment ip develo] . wastewater systemhas been based on the Coo t that the Tbwrfs septic systems are failing. This is „ Las an obvious fact by most town residents, and the coi contends toateven the systems that are not currently ing soon will. - ■ » . , • . ■ “One of the first thirds we learned in all thfoisthat d$j? IgRin fields fail, it’s just a matter of time,'' Reinhardt Lynch at the March meeting. t I Paul Farmer, who is president of the Rappahannock *** atal Protection as well as a member League for Environment . _ ____ __ riSfe the Friends of the Rush River suggested that tile Council commission a study to scientifically determine which systems are actually foiling, and then treat only the foiling systems. According to Farmer, this approach would ¥ See RUSH RIVER, Page A3
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