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wi«*h there wvro moiv local pwpk? here. but I don't many, tnaybe thm* or four** remarked Robert Ancknuo, chtumum of the Rappahannuck County Board of Supervisors, who welcomed the tew who ciuiw to hoar the prwentHtton.
May Louise Sli*th of the Virjrinia Department of Conservation and Recreation told the meeting that the study phate of the etturt now is completed and it's time to develop a plmi tor reducing htifh levels of heal colifbrm and e-cuti bacteria found in segments of the three rivers. 'Fhe u^t'uctts want to involve farmers. landowners, local officials and others in dev ising specific (totilet and steps to improve the streams, she said.
“We are trvuig to restore this watershed and improve w«U>r quality.** Sligh told the tiuetitiK. t>me hush levels of
the btwtehtil pollutants are tbund in trie streams, Virginia state law requires that a tbmud 'implementation plan** b»< ife'wlopixl, outlining specific goals and timetable's tor reducing pollution and steps to br taken to achieve the clean-water standards, officials said.
The clean-up will a«m at eliminating lx»tn residential and agricultural sources of bacterial pollution. On the residential side, this will involve such actions as dealing with failing septic systems by pumping-out septic tanks, repairing or n^iltHm1 failing septic systems, anu eliminating all 'straight pipe's'* that wnmd home septic systems directly to streams, according to hncfuig papers ami comments by officials at th' meeting.
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