
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 6, 1991                   TAG: 9102060092
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: David Poole
DATELINE: BOONES MILL                                LENGTH: Short

BOONES MILL SEEKS BETTER WATER SERVICE

Prodded by state regulators, Town Council is renewing efforts to improve water service in this Franklin County town of 300.

For years, council has bought water from Occanneechi Orchards and distributed it to 158 connections. But the system does not comply with some provisions of the federal Clean Water Act, including those requiring adequate chlorination.

Town Attorney Dusty Rhodes said council must decide whether to help upgrade the Occanneechi system or dig its own well.

Council is seeking proposals from engineering firms interested in providing a preliminary assessment of town needs. Rhodes said no cost estimates of the study were available.

In the early 1980s, council dug a test well in anticipation of setting up a town water system, but the effort was put on hold during construction of the town's waste water treatment plant.

by CNB