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Issues concerning the county’s waterways are where the candidates demonstrated the sharpest discord.
One question asked whether the candidates if they think the Board of Supervisors should support implementation of a Total Maximum Daily Load plan, which aims to reduce the amount of bacterial contamination that flows into county waters. All three candidates spoke against legislation, but proposed different plans and views on the necessity of the state study.
“Our waterways are certainly cleaner today than they were when I was a young man,” Wayland said. “We’ve become better stewards. ... And we should continue to educate people.”
Wayland added that he does not want outside agencies like the state Department of Environmental Quality to come into Rappahannock and tell the county what to do.
Estes-Baader said she wants to eradicate “straight pipes,” which deposit sewage directly from development into waterways, and encourage farmers to fence their livestock out of streams. But she said she does not want to pass laws mandating that landowners follow a TMDL implementation plan.
“Our streams are impaired, there’s no doubt about it,” said Rifaat, who is chairperson of the Culpeper Soil and Water District and serves on the county’s Farmland Preservation and Water Quality Assurance committees.
The best way to clean up the county’s waterways is to plant vegetative buffers around streams through voluntary programs, Rifaat said. She also
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