Evening star., 1941-08-26
Water-Sewage
Funds Asked by
S4,150, 900 Federal
Sum Requested
For Project
Special Dispatch to The Star.

FAIRFAX, Va, Aug. 26.-County
officials yesterday made formal ap-
plication for S4,150000 in Federal
funds under the recently enacted
communities facilities bill for water
and sewage systems in the densely-
populated areas of Fairfax County.
The application asks for S1,924,-
300 for water supplies and distribu-,
ton systems and $780, 400 for sew,
age systems, with the cost of a de-
tailed engineering study, land costs
and contingencies making up the
rest of the request.
At the same time it was an-
nounced application probably will be.
filed tomorrow for additional funds
for incinerators in the areas pro-
posed to be covered by the sanitary
facilities.
Because there now exists no engiI
neering agency in the county to pre<
pare detailed report on the prob-s
lem and no funds were available for
the purpose in the present county
budget, the application was pre-
pared and submitted by the County
Health Department and Planning,
Commission.
Menace to Health. .
Several weeks ago a report was
submitted to the Board of Super
visorS pointing to the urgent need
for sanitary facilities in certain
parts of the county as a result of
the sharp increase in popula ton,
the report warning that a serious
menace to health may result unless
some such steps be taken in the
near future.
A breakdown of the water appli-
cation shows S12,500 is proposed for
water facilities in the vicinity of
Accotink, s217,120 for the Groveton
area, $543,080 for the Mclean area,
and ISL 800 for the Holmes Run
area, the latter including Baileys
Gross Roads. Annandale and the
section surrounding Falls Church.
Similarly the application seeks
| S7,750 for sewage lines at Accotink,
S253 ,065 in the Groveton area, S5l2,-
500 in the Mclean area and $685., 1885
Three sewage disposal plants
would be set up-one at Hunting
Creek near Belle Haven, one on
Pimmit Run near Little Falls and
one on Hunting Greek at the juno
ton of Cameron Run. Location Of
/ the latter two was selected because
/ authorities felt the Pimmit Run
location would overcome the nat
ural drainage of the land toward
Arlington County, and the Hunting
Greek plant would take care of the
natural drainage toward Alexandria.
Supply in Jeopardy.
Health authorities claim that any
large-scale housing developments
in the Holmes Run drainage basin,
source of water for Alexandria
City, would jeopardize the water
supply of the latter city unless
some comprehensive form of sewage
disposal were to be constructed to
serve the area.
Actually, it was stated, the most
practical water system would have
its source of supply from the Po-
tomac River at Little Falls, pump
ing it to Tysons Corner. the high
est point of the surrounding area,
where it could be stored in a reser-
voir and purified, and then dis
tributed to most any part of the
Northern Virginia metropolitan
area.
1t was stated, however, this plan
was not embraced in the P. w. A.
application because Of the inability
of the county. at least for the pres
ent, to initiate the promotion of a
metropolitan system. 1t was Sug-
geSted that some co-ordinating
agency interested in a large scale
water system for the entire area
might take up the plan later. 1t is
intended the proposed layout would
fit in with such a scheme.
Practical Necessity.
An exhibit filed with the apNica-
ton cites the fact that the thickly
politan area lie geographically in
a line, logically facilitating the dis
tribution of water from a central
/ supply.
The formal application. prepared
under the direction of DR.. G. r. Car
penter, county medical director, and
H C. Moore, technician with the
Planning Commission, was reviewed
by Paul Stryker, representing the
P. w. A.
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