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stream, a dry creek bed in summer, and the state should adopt a policy of zero discharges in zero flow streams,” stressed Haskell.
Speakers in favor of the permit, which included residents of Washington like Diane Bruce and Robert Ballard as well as those outside the town lines like attorney David Konick and County Administrator John McCarthy speaking for the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors. These speakers were concerned with demonstrating that Washington had a definite wastewater problem, and that the town had sought out every available alternative before settling on the Rush River solution.
Many shared stories of waste flowing from the town’s failing drain fields, and mentioned bad smells.
“Come into the village and see what it’s like when raw sewage gets hot,” said Mitchell.
Ballard even held aloft a jelly jar filled with the contents of the ditch behind his property, a ditch that according to Mitchell has been contaminated
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