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Service Authority seeks new general manager as county confronts groundwater decline and leaks
Summary
King George County and its Service Authority discussed groundwater declines, meter calibration and leak detection; the Service Authority board voted to enter negotiations with a recommended general-manager candidate.
Concerns about groundwater levels and ongoing service-authority challenges were a repeated theme at the King George Board of Supervisors meeting on May 6 and the separately convened King George Service Authority board session.
Lede: The King George Service Authority advanced hiring negotiations with a recommended candidate for general manager and discussed groundwater declines, leak detection efforts and meter calibration as officials and residents warned of longer-term supply constraints.
Nut graf: Local residents and supervisors raised groundwater depletion and the technical challenges of switching to surface water or an intake from the Potomac. Service Authority staff described short-term steps — replacing problematic hydrants, scheduling meter calibrations and pursuing contractors to find leaks — while the board authorized staff to enter hiring negotiations for a new general…
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