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Board approves sale of village water tower to Aqua Virginia for $2.5 million; fire protection reserved
Summary
Powhatan supervisors voted to sell the county’s 500,000‑gallon village water tower and related infrastructure to Aqua Virginia for $2.5 million. AquaVirginia plans to connect the tower to its finished‑water distribution system, subject to state approvals; the sale reserves 2,000 gallons per minute for two hours for local fire protection.
The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Oct. 27 to sell the county’s village water tower and associated infrastructure to Aqua Virginia for $2,500,000.
County staff said the tower, built in 2017, is a 500,000‑gallon elevated storage tank currently used as a raw (nonpotable) supply for fire protection in the village area. The sale includes the tower, the well that currently serves it, roughly 1.249 acres of land, connecting water lines and the project records.
Under the proposed agreement,…
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