Evening star., 1959-11-27
Interim Sewer
In Fairfax Hit
BYDWOrshak
Potomac Dumping
Would Peril D. c.,
Senator Fears

preparations Committee said
today he is greatly alarmed"
about a proposed interim
sewer plan that would dump
Fairfax County sewage into the
Potomac River above the Dis
trict's water supply intake.
Senator Dworshak, Republi-
can of Idaho, said he believes
any such action would jeop-
ardize the health of the peo-
pie living in the National Cap
ital."
The plan has been proposed
by the consulting firm of
Alexander Potter Associates
for the area surrounding the
Dulles International Airport at
Chantilly.
1t will be submitted to the
Fairfax Board of County Super
viSors next week and takes in
a much larger area than the
immediate vicinity of Chantilly.
Wouldn't QuibbIe
Declared Senator Dworshak:
with the many huge Gov
ernment structures being
erected in this area and with
the spending of billions of
dollars for highways it would
appear to be extreme stupidity
to bubble over a few dollars
and adopt a sewage system
which would be a terrible blot
on the intelligence of leaders of
this area"
He added that "it is time for
full cooperation to come UP
with a logical solution to this
problem. He predicted that
Congress would support any
worthwhile program.
Brig. Gen. Alvin c. Welling.
District Engineer Commissioner
and chairman Of a regional
anti-pollution group, today said
he and his associates have long
"crusaded against further con-
tamination of Washington
metropolitan water supplies.
I'VE are well aware, too, that
the communities around Chan
tilly cannot alone absorb the
impact that the new airport
will have upon them," Gen.
yelling said.
He added he is hopeful that
the Federal Aviation Agency,
now restudying the airport |
area sewage disposal problem |
at President Eisehower's in
struction, will come up with a |
practical" means of coping
with the situation.
Hunt Is Desperate
With the expected boom
from the Dulles Airport in the
western part of the county, |
Fairfax has been searching
desperately for some plan that
would provide sewers.
The county had hoped the
Federal Government would
provide adequate sewers for the
airport and surrounding area,
but county officials said these
hopes have not been realized
so far.
Senator Dworshak said that |
when the Senate Appropriations
Committee was considering a
proposed appropriation for
construction of a small sewage
treatment plant at the Dulles
Airport ''it was the overwhelm-
ing opinion Of the Appropria-
tions Committee that no sewage
plan should be approved which /
would permit dumping of eff
fluent above the water intake.
Four Plants Suggested
The interim plan recommends
four small treatment plants.
Two plants would discharge
treated eff1uent into Horse Pen
Run and Difficult Run from
there into the Potomac.
Two more plants would
dump treated effluent into Cub
Run and Rocky Run, which
flow into Occoquan Creek from
which Alexandria's water sup
ply is taken.
These plants and pipelines
for them would cost SIS million.
A later stage in the interim
plan would eliminate one of
the plants that would flow into
the river.
Mrs. Anne Wilkins, a vice
chairman of the Fairfax Board
OF County Supervisors, has said
that ut looks as if we have no
alternative except to use the
interim facilities"