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By Matt Pelkey
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Washington Town Council agreed to purchase a new pump for the town’s pump house, bringing an end to a debacle that strained relations with the company contracted to provide for Washington’s water needs.
The council decided at its meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 10, to replace the town’s 15^ year-old pump that supplies the town’s drinking water.
“It will eventually go,” said council member Jeff Benson. “It’s just a matter of time.”
Benson has worked in the water equipment business for nearly 30 years.
The new pump costs $4,545. With labor and parts, replacing the old pump will run around $10,000.
"That’s a pretty good deal,” Benson said.
On the night of Aug. 16, the town’s pump short circuited, leaving Washington residents with a dwindling water supply. Town officials called in Country Water Systems, the company Washington contracts to handle water problems.
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