dredging

This cracked earth was, until recently, the bottom of the Ragged Mountain Reservoir, drained in anticipation of dam construction. Braverman notes that dredging requires no draining.

Drowning in debt? Water litigator warns of future shocks

Citizens who have seen their water bills triple over the past decade are facing another wave of price hikes and a suddenly-doubled debt load that could cause financial trouble. And they have just lost one of their three reservoirs in the lead-up to what could become a dry s

The lawsuit seeks a 'declaratory judgment' requiring a City Council super-majority and/or public referendum on selling land for a new dam at the Ragged Mountain Natural Area.

Draining feeling? Lawsuit challenges dam-pipeline plan

Related story: • Water wasters: Worrell decries waste, centralization Past stories: • FLAWS- Tripled rates, spun numbers, and Conservancy conflicts: Why the war on dredging slogs on Attached Documents: news-wate

If only the neighbors had rallied behind dredging...

Neighbors shocked to find that they live near dynamite blasting might have been better served by getting enthused about a technology that's much quieter and which might have saved the likely-doomed Rivanna Reservoir.

Hook has the real skinny

Being from New York I am a life long cynic and suffer from a terminal degree of sarcasm. It does my heart good to read the real skinny as to what goes on behind the stories we here have to live with every day. The other news media here in town either don't know how or don't

Flaws a masterful exposé

Congratulations. With your July 28 cover story "FLAWS," in which you describe the dredge/dam issue, you demonstrate again why you are by far the most important local news reporter in Charlottesville.It was a masterful job. Thank you.Rey BarryCharlottesville

Ragged Mountain dam a boondoggle

[Re: July 28 cover story: "FLAWS- Tripled rates, spun numbers, and Conservancy conflicts: Why the war on dredging slogs on"]:

FLAWS- Tripled rates, spun numbers, and Conservancy conflicts: Why the war on dredging slogs on

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 a new reservoir, and a growing desire, amid upcoming City Council election

Only two recent months were above the 5-year usage average.

'Ballparking' RWSA: Record low water use and record high RFP?

In the long-running tragi-comedy over the local waterworks' desire to avoid dredging its main reservoir and instead build a sparkly new reservoir, two factoids emerge from the pages of the upcoming board meeting packet: - 2011 water use is on track to match a record low - g

The bridge is a main gateway to downtown.

Git 'er blocked: City picks fencing, not fixing, Belmont Bridge

Fire engines, school buses, and even 18-wheel trucks routinely rumble over the east side of the Belmont Bridge. But not pedestrians. Attached Documents: news-BelmontBridge-StaffReport-april4.pdf

Thanks for the water stories

It is long overdue to thank the Hook and editor Hawes Spencer for shining the light on the curious matter of our community water proposal. For over three years, on more than seventy occasions, the Hook has been a reliable source and beacon of light in its reporting on this