The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18
Water Board
Rejects Towns
Abatement Pl'"
Too Much Delay
Seen In Proposed
Financing Plan

The Virginia Water Control
Board has officially rejected the
plan submitted at a meeting May
II by the Town of Farmville to
abate pollution in the Appomattox
river. The official rejection was
received by Town Manager John
ston Monday morning as follows:
The Board ruled that it rejects
the proposal. as contained in your
letter of May II, subject Farm
Vile Sewage improvement and
Sewage Disposal Plant" in that it
cannot agree to the amount of
delay as is contemplated and di-
reefs the Town of Farmville to
furnish information within so
days to the effect that arrange
ments have been made for a con-
tract to prepare working plans
and specifications covering pollu-
ton abatement facilities together
with advice as to the time
necessary for completion of such
plans and specifications.
The Manager will present the
letter to the council at its next
meeting or possibly at a special
meeting, he said.
The Proposed Plan
Appearing before the Water
Control Board on May 70. a
council committee, composed of
Mayor w. c Fitzpatrick. NJ. r
Large, T. w. Bloomfield and
Manager Johnston, presented a
master plan for collecting the
sewage from all outfalls into a
disposal plant, where the sewage
would be treated. solids abstract
ed and liquids discharged into the
river The entire program is esti-
mated to cost S490, 10000
The committee in its written re-
port cited that Wiley & Wilson.
consulting engineers had prepared
the plan, and that some sewer
age lines within the corporate
limits had been installed. looking
toward to establishment of a dis
posal plant
In 1851, the Town spent
$S2 600 to replace an inadequate
8-inch sewer line with a 2l-nch
line on Virginia street from Third
street to the Appomattox River"
Also replaced lines on Third street
from Virginia to Bridge street and
a new 8-inch line to "a street.
New and larger lines were placed
also on Third street from North
street to South street
In the past four years the
Town Council has spent $54 10000
for construction and engineering
relating to our sewerage system
problems. leading to the erection
of sewage disposal plant. the
report stated.
Pay You Go Plan
The council proposed compile
ton of a sewage disposal system
step by step over period of years.
BY the year 1858, to construct
a trunk line sewer on South street.
to the intersection Of Ely and
Franklin streets. at an estimated
cost of $45 10000.
BY the year 1853, to construct
the Virginia street trunk line
sewer from Green street to Third
street estimated cost S40,00000
BY 1864, to build the sewage
disposal plant and to tie into the
plant the South street and Vir-
ginia street trunk lines. which
VIII take care Of 1870 Of the total
sewage The plant is estimated to
cost $25000000
"At this stage of our program
We viii have under control at
least 49, of the total sewage
load of the town, the report
stated
To complete the system it is
proposed to construct an inter-
ceptor line from Mill street to
South street at an estimated cost
OF $4,000. by the year 1870 This
viii add another 1870 of the total
load for treatment.
BY the year 1875. to continue
tho lnterceptor line from Mill
street to the outfall near the filter
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