ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Monday, September 23, 1996             TAG: 9609230155
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-1  EDITION: METRO 

UNDERWATER ADVENTURER

LENGTH: Short :   24 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  Eric Brady Staff. Eric Gentry of Anderson and 
          Associates, an engineering firm in Blacksburg, prepares to come out 
          from Smith Mountain Lake. Gentry was using an underwater video 
          camera Saturday to aid him in his survey of an area of the lake for 
          the placement of a water intake pipe for Highpoint subdivision. The 
          subdivision presently uses well water of poor quality. The Bedford 
          County Public Service Authority plans on upgrading the water quality
          for the homes by pumping water from the lake, treating it, and 
          storing it in an existing water storage and distribution facility. 
          Pending approval from the Virginia Department of Health, the project
          should be complete by the end of 1997. This will be the first 
          project on the lake to use lake water. color.