Evening star., 1947-11-16
Plans Revealed
For orFairfaxArea
District
s1,700, 900 System
Would Serve 1000,
Top Arlington Lines

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Top Arlington Lines
Plans for the proposed creation
of a $1,7o0,0o0 sanitary district to
serve about 1000 residents Of
the Mclean Chesterbrook- Franklin
Park areas Of Fairfax County, to be
known as Sanitary District No. 8,
were revealed yesterday.
At the same time, 1t was learned
that Falls Church apparently will
have to abandon It's plan to obtain
water directly from the Dalecarlia
Reservoir In washington.
Town officials have been informed
that the Government plans to dam
the Potomac River in the vicinity
Of Chain Bridge in about 10 years to
augment the Districts water supply
and that 1t will extend a line across
the river for Falls Church at that
time.
The town council is scheduled to
meet tomorrow night in executive
session to discuss an engineering
report which recommends tapping
Arlington's water lines at the Vir-
ginia end Of Chain Bridge. The
project would involve a bond issue
of about 100000
Needs 100000 Gallons = Day.
The water supply for the proposed
Fairfax district also would come
from Arlington County at the Viz
ginia end of Chain Bridge.
According to G. Hubbard Mas
sey, Fairfax copsulting engineer,
there is plenty Of water for every
one" in the four 20-inch lines now
extending across Chain Bridge.
He said Arlington uses about H.
00,000 gallons day while approxi-
mately 100000 gallons are avail
able at the Virginia end Of the
bridge, and Falls Church needs only
about 100000 gallons daily. The
proposed Fairfax sanitary district
would have q basic capacity OF S.
100000 gallons day, meeting the
greatest anticipated demand at the
end of 40 years.
Details of the proposed water and
sewer systems in the sanitary dis
trict were disclosed by Citizens
Committee headed by o. v. Carper.
Cost of the projected sanitary dis
trict was estimated by Mr.. Massey
at approximately sl,700,000. Estab-
lishment Of the district is subject to
q referendum.
26 Miles Of Pipeline.
The water system would consist OF
26.5 miles of pipeline with 70 fire
hydrants. It Is expected that these
hydrants will meet underwater re-
quirements for 10 years, when the
viii be increased to 100.
Il f.ooo, ,ooo-sa1lon concrete storage
reservoir would be built near
and $50, o,00o- gallon res
ervoir constructed on Miners Hill
ridge near the Arlington County
line. Two pumping stations would
be erected, one near Chesterbrook
and the other near Lewinsville.
The sewage system would include
$500 feet of 21-inch trunk sewer,
1900 feet Of 15-inch trunk sewer.
$500 feet of 12-inch trunk sewer.
22,440 feet of 10-inch subtrunk
sewer and $500 feet OF S-inch col
lecting sewer.
It would include four automatic
pumping stations and q treatment
plant on Pimnlitt Run. The system
is designed to accommodate at one
half capacity a density of six people
per gross acre. This, the plans
state, insures system adequate to
take care of any possible population
growth as well as peak loads.
Sewer Rate So a Month. .
Sewer rates would be 81 per
month while water would be de-
livered to consumers at cost Of
50 per month for 5000 gallons plus
so cents for each 1000 gallons in
excess Of that figure o month.
Residents having their own water
systems would be allowed to con-
meet to the sanitary district system
within five years without charge.
All users would be required to meet
the cost Of carrying both water and
sewer lines from their houses to
the system lines. There would be
no attempt to force residents to
hook on to the system.
The proponents of the sanitary
district estimate that the s1,700,000
would represent cost per gross
acre of approximately 1854. 1t is
proposed to raise the funds by .
40-year, AZ per cent bond issue,
and the proponents of the project
state that 1t will be completely self
liquidating over 50-year period
after paying all costs Of operation
opd maintenance