SD28 - Pollution from Untreated Sewage Discharges and Failing Septic Tanks
Executive Summary: For generations, inadequate disposal of sewage has been a fact of life in certain areas of Virginia, notably the southwestern portion of the state. Although public health officials have been concerned about tins problem for at least twenty years, it has only been in the last ten years that the problem has become a matter of primary concern to some local governments and citizens as the demography of the Commonwealth has undergone dramatic changes. Concerns related to water quality were transmitted to members of the General Assembly with growing frequency over the last year by local government officials and citizens experiencing problems. In order to address these problems, Senate Joint Resolution No. 32, patroned by Senator Daniel W. Bird, was introduced and approved during the 1988 Session. Senate Joint Resolution No. 32 called for a study of "water quality problems resulting from untreated sewage discharges and failing septic tanks, especially in the southwestern portion of the Commonwealth." Pursuant to this resolution, the Joint Subcommittee was established consisting of two members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources and three members of the House Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources. The members appointed were: Senators Daniel W. Bird, Jr., of Wytheville and Madison E. Marye of Shawsville, and Delegates Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. of Appomattox, Glenn R. Croshaw of Virginia Beach and John A. Rollison III of Woodbridge. Senator Bird served as chairman and Delegate Croshaw served as vice-chairman. |
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