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Board approves private sewage treatment for failed septic on Weaversville Road
Summary
The Board approved a category 20 special exception to allow a private individual sewage treatment system discharging to an on‑site ditch to replace a failed conventional septic system at 11003 Weaversville Road, subject to monitoring and operator maintenance requirements.
The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors approved a zoning special exception 4-0 on May 8 to allow installation of a private individual sewage treatment system serving an existing three‑bedroom home at 11003 Weaversville Road.
County staff said the existing conventional septic, installed in the 1980s, has failed and the Virginia Department of Health issued an intent to deny a conventional replacement because soils were inadequate for a drain field. The applicant requested a category 20 special exception to install an aerobic treatment unit that would include a septic holding tank, aerobic treatment unit, ultraviolet disinfection, an engineered discharge ditch that terminates at a natural swell at the property line, an effluent meter and remote telemetry alarm, and a maintenance and monitoring agreement with a licensed operator.
A consultant for the applicant, Pam Pruitt, described pump‑and‑haul as the only realistic alternative to a permitted treatment system and estimated that twice‑weekly pump‑and‑haul could cost roughly $31,000 a year. She said a properly designed discharging treatment plant would treat and disinfect effluent before release to the roadside ditch and constitute a more sustainable option.
Staff and conditions require the system be designed for the existing three‑bedroom home only, include required start‑up testing and ongoing compliance testing, abandon existing septic tanks per VDH requirements, and maintain operation under a licensed operator and monitoring contract. The planning commission unanimously recommended approval.
The board’s motion to approve the special exception passed 4-0. Staff said the system will be subject to Department of Health regulations and to the maintenance and monitoring contract required by VDH.
