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Falling water: Terrain shredding starts as consumption falls Published on Sep 10th, 2012 16 comments New data show that local water consumption has fallen to near-record lows– an ironic launch for a new multi-million-dollar reservoir whose capacity may not be needed for decades. Related FLAWS...
Questioning authority: RWSA chloramine plan stirs water fears Published on Jun 11th, 2012 23 comments Perhaps if the agenda had said, "Addition of strychnine to water supply," the matter might have gotten a lot more attention than it did a year ago when the water authority okayed the addition of a...
Beaten, but undrained: Litigant says City gets its water... in 40 years Published on May 18th, 2012 32 comments One man's water lawsuit against four local governments was tossed out of court Friday as a judge dismissed the case and, in a separate ruling, validated the lead defendant's request to issue...
FLAWS- Tripled rates, spun numbers, and Conservancy conflicts: Why the war on dredging slogs on Published on Jul 28th, 2011 138 comments Just when you thought it was safe to save the reservoir, the war against dredging it has reached flood stage. Waterworks director Tom Frederick– perhaps rattled by a yank of his permit to build...
Mayor Norris enters den of dam-lovers Published on Jan 6th, 2010 26 comments Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris, who famously pushed an effort to dredge the existing reservoir, has agreed to sit on a panel stacked with such avowed dam-loving interests as Charlottesville...
Jury verdict: RSWA's star witness convicted of attempted extortion Published on Dec 10th, 2009 56 comments Minutes before a jury found him guilty of attempted extortion, Richard Wade Kendrick, with family members behind him, waits for the verdict. PHOTO BY DAVE MCNAIR A controversial government-backed...
Driver on trial: Waste authority witness faces extortion charge Published on Dec 8th, 2009 15 comments Richard W. Kendrick seen here in a January 1993 inmate photo. PHOTO COURTESY VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS The star witness in the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority lawsuit against recycling...
Trash talking: RSWA breaks silence on lawsuit Published on Oct 24th, 2009 17 comments “This case is about right and wrong,” says RSWA director Tom Frederick in a recent memo, accusing recycler Peter Van der Linde of "defrauding" the RSWA out of more than "a million dollars in tipping...
$249,000 skiddoo? Pipe study eludes elections Published on Oct 22nd, 2009 12 comments RWSA director Tom Frederick has enjoyed the support of his board, including Charlottesville Public Works director Judy Mueller. FILE PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Despite a request from a prominent critic...
Dredge wedge: Firm late, wants nearly $700K Published on Aug 25th, 2009 27 comments The Rivanna Reservoir, built in 1966, has been silting in. Instead of dredging, the waterworks wants to build a new one. PHOTO BY SKIP DEGAN Waterworks director Tom Frederick told his board today...
Trash talkin': Waste war could decide the future Published on Aug 17th, 2009 16 comments Peter Van der Linde's Zion Crossroads recycling facility, one of the main reasons the RSWA has experienced a 20 percent drop in revenues. FILE PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO As the Rivanna Solid Waste...
Don Van der Linde? Wasteworks whacks recycler with RICO Published on Aug 17th, 2009 19 comments "It's a legal terrorist tactic," says Peter Van der Linde of the RSWA's decision to use RICO. FILE PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO Just when we thought it couldn'tÃ?Â "It's a legal terrorist tactic,"...
Can kicked? Waste decried as dredge study firm named Published on Aug 7th, 2009 49 comments With chair Mike Gaffney in the background, RWSA director Tom Frederick, foreground, defends his dam July 28. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority has just chosen a Nebraska...
Down 22%: Water thrift backfires on RWSA Published on Jul 27th, 2009 23 comments Both City and County pay citizens $100 each to replace their toilets with new low-flow models. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Local households appear locked in a decade-long pattern of lower water...
Wasted revenue? Authority realized in 2005 station didn't track origins Published on Apr 20th, 2009 34 comments Untold millions in revenue may have been lost here, at Allied Waste's transfer station at Zion Crossroads, between 1998 and 2005. PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO As reported in a recent cover story ["What a...