
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 4, 1992                   TAG: 9203040263
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

WILDER BACKS WATER PIPELINE FROM LAKE

The proposed Lake Gaston water pipeline has a better chance of being built because of the backing of Gov. Douglas Wilder, pipeline supporters say.

"I feel it certainly should give us some stature with the federal agencies that are going to be considering this," said Sen. Clarence Holland, D-Virginia Beach.

Wilder has urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to give swift approval to the 85-mile pipeline.

The project got another boost when the Virginia Senate amended a ground-water bill Tuesday to include a provision endorsing the pipeline. The amended bill passed 24-15 despite protests from rural senators that it would encourage urban areas to take water from rural regions.

The pipeline would transport 60 million gallons of water each day to satisfy water demand in Virginia Beach, the state's largest city.

The city has been fighting in court for the pipeline for a decade. - Associated Press

by CNB