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RESOLUTION NO. 88-113
A RESOLUTION:
PRESEN/~D June 8: 1988
ADOPTED June 8, 1988
REQUESTING THE VIRGINIA WATER CONTROL BOARD TO TAKE
RESPONSIVE ACTION IN AMENDING THE DULLES AREA WATERSHED
POLICY, TO INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE NORTHERN
VIRGINIA PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION IN THEIR 1985 DULLES
AREA WATERSHED POLICY REEVALUATION STUDY
WHEREAS, in response to regional and statewide concerns, the Virginia
Water Control Board, in December 1981, agreed to conduct a reevaluation of
the Dulles Area Watershed Policy (DAWP); and
WHEREAS, the Virginia Water Control Board, in June 1983, commi~ssioned
the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission to conduct a technical
analysis of the Dulles Area Watershed to determine if the DAWP's strict
advanced wastewater treatment standards were necessary to ensure high
quality in receiving waters; and
WHEREAS, the NVPDC study was completed in June 1985 and recommended
less stringent standards based on scientific data and new planning tools
available to access receiving water quality benefits resulting from
alternate levels of treatment; and
WHEREAS, the NVPDC recommended standards are in accordance wit'h state
and federal water quality goals, particularly the restoration and
protection of beneficial uses under state water quality standards; and
WHEREAS, current proposed changes to the DAWP presented by the SWCB
staff to the Board do not include the recommendations made by NVPDC in the
June 1985 study; and
REQUESTING THE VIRGINIA WATER CONTROL BOARD TO TAKE RESPONSIVE ACTION 2
WHEREAS, the town's consultant engineer, CH2M Hill has assessed the
economic impact of the current DAWP standards for expansion and upgrade of
the existing Leesburg Wastewater Treatment Facility to a capacity of 5 mgd
and found the cost to be in excess of $53 million; and
WHEREAS, costs of this magnitude would result in a 300% increase in
availability fee assessments and a 350% increase in user fees; and
WHEREAS, it is evident that the cost of the current technology based
effluent standards far outweigh the benefits derived therefrom:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. The Mayor and members of the Leesburg Town Council[ fully
endorse the findings and recommendations of the technical report entitled
"The Impact of the Dulles Area Watershed Policy on the Town of Leesburg,"
and directs the Town Manager to enter said report into public record at the
3une 7, 1988, public hearing, convened by the Virginia Water Control Board,
on proposed amendments to the DAWP.
SECTION II. The Mayor and members of the Leesburg Town Council
authorized and direct the Town Manager to transmit the "Technical Report"
to the town's local, state and federal elected representatives including,
Congressman Frank Wolf, Delegate Kenneth Rollins, Senator Charles Waddell
and Governor Gerald Baliles.
SECTION III. The Mayor and members of the Leesburg Town Council
respectfully request that the Virginia Water Control Board take responsive
action in amending the Dulles Area Watershed Policy, to include
REQUESTING THE VIRGINIA WATER CONTROL BOARD TO TAKE RESPONSIVE ACTION 3
recommendations made by the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission
in their 1985 Dulles Area Watershed Policy Reevaluation Study.
PASSED this 8th day of June , 1988.
ATTEST:
Robert E. Sevila, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
Deputy Clerk of Council