ACCOMACK COUNTY SUPERVISORS NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR THEIR HYPOCRITICAL REMARKS REGARDING OUR DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES.
This Letter is special to the Mirror by Ken Dufty
During a recent meeting of the Accomack-Northampton Groundwater Committee (GWC), former Chairman and current Accomack County Supervisor Paul Muhly demanded a retraction from
The refrain was broadcast by our esteemed local FM radio station WESR, fueling the fire that
To wit, the record reflects that all of the information that is in the files and on the table and being actively discussed at the monthly meetings of the GWC fully supports the author of the
Indeed, because of declining reserves of fresh water both in Chincoteague and Cape Charles, those municipalities are reportedly considering expensive desalinization plants. It has been pointed out numerous times that the same warnings being made by
That smoke and mirror condemnation of the prevailing data resulted in that area running out of
Note we do not have a Lake Gaston to tap, as we are a sole-source aquifer recharged only by rain water-the vast majority of which bleeds to the Bay and Seaside before it can seep into the three lower Yorktown supplies.
The facts remain that CURRENT studies show that we use about 9 million gallons of drinking water from the Yorktown Aquifer daily and recharge from
So it is clearly Supervisors Muhly and Chesser who owe the Eastern Shore citizens an apology for spreading misinformation in an apparent attempt to appease the poultry industry (in my opinion) and for encouraging us
Jack Trump says
Good Luck with this idea. These guys have harder heads than blocks of granite. They don’t open their minds to relevant information. They get 10% of the info they need and then decide, and gleefully lead us on their rudderless ship. We all need to learn that they simply know better than us. That’s how they’ve come across to me.
Jack Schmidt says
The “supervisors” are the minions of the poultry industry. Bought and paid for…
David Boyd says
They model groundwater use based on permitted withdrawals, but most of the chicken houses have not yet obtained their permit so how can they claim to know water use is austainable?
don green says
All comments expressed above are exactly on point. Accomack County’s Supervisors are a rather narrow, loutish bunch. Apparently, their idea of the components of a prosperous county is a combination of (1) two large chicken plants (Robert Crockett calls them “anchor tenants”)., (2) numerous CAFOs owned primarily by non-residents and maintained by low-skilled workers, and (3) county government jobs, doled out as the Supervisors see fit. Somehow, this combination does not seem to be working. “For Sale” signs abound throughout the county. One impending consolation exists: After the next election, county residents won’t be plagued by Mr. Crockett’s yapping lapdog, Grayson Chesser, champion of an expanded poultry industry and thin-skinned opponent of all who question CAFO proliferation. Bye-bye, Mr. Chesser!