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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

Driver on trial: Waste authority witness faces extortion charge

Richard W. Kendrick seen here in a January 1993 inmate photo.

Departing Fern: Misses engineering, might affect plan

Gary Fern, the director of the Albemarle County Service Authority, the body that provides tap water to Albemarle citizens, says he's leaving to take a position with an engineering firm.

$249,000 skiddoo? Pipe study eludes elections

RWSA director Tom Frederick has enjoyed the support of his board, including Charlottesville Public Works director Judy Mueller. FILE PHOTO BY HAWES SPEN

Candidate Fenwick satirizes dredge studies

With local governments preparing to spend six-figure sums just to study dredging the silt-choked Rivanna Reservoir, independent City Council candidate Bob Fenwick has satirized the consulting process, as seen in this YouTube video shot the day he revealed that selling muck

Free studies: Firm, Fenwick urge market dredgings

Council candidate Bob Fenwick and Blue Ridge Sand principal Mitch King urge market solutions. PHOTOS BY HAWES SPENCER A politician's press

Hard path: Waterworks to approve new firm, new spending

Schnabel made the finals in 2007 but was originally passed-over by the now-fired Gannett Fleming. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Despite the plea of Albem

Dredge wedge: Firm late, wants nearly $700K

Water use at record low for July

Despite a rising population and a one-third increase in customers over the past 10 years, the trend toward lower usage has hit a new low for July, what is normally one of the year's most water-hungry months.
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