Culpeper floods raise HUGE solar concerns

03:07

Culpeper: Water and run-off concerns. What is going on? It’s like “Ordering a steak and getting chicken”

Wayne shares photos of water in the creek, which is usual. He knows the land, and is concerned about the chemicals from the proposed industrial solar scale project in the water.

05:31

Culpeper: Water Concerns, Decommissioning Costs and Soil Concerns

Tim raises concerns of water issues, cost to restore soil and decommissioning costs (cost to taxpayers). How can we move forward with these issues, and no plan for who is going to pay for decommissioning?

04:30

Culpeper: Don't turn us into a “Green Energy Ghetto"

Kurt asks the planning commission to please adopt a solar ordinance. Solar is a creation of federal and state tax credits and subsidies.

The week before, the project in Essex County was celebrated by officials. Only a half inch of rain caused this environmental disaster, feeding into the Rappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay watershed, in Virginia.

By: Mark Holmberg

Posted Feb 08, 2018

ESSEX COUNTY, Va. -- Gary McCauley of Essex County knows construction and he knows the Muddy Gut Creek watershed where he’s spent most of his 63 years.

Never for a minute did he believe anyone, or any company would be allowed to build in such a way that an untold number of tons of muddy sediment would blast through the ditches, the sleepy creek and into the Rappahannock River, all part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

“Mud coming in from the solar farm, all the way up the road, down in Muddy Gut Creek, which feeds right into the river,” he said as he looked at the mud-clogged ditches by the creek. Read full article.

Culpeper: Water and run-off concerns. What is going on? It’s like “Ordering a steak and getting chicken”

Culpeper: Water Concerns, Decommissioning Costs and Soil Concerns

Culpeper: Don't turn us into a “Green Energy Ghetto"

The week before, the project in Essex County was celebrated by officials. Only a half inch of rain caused this environmental disaster, feeding into the Rappahannock River and Chesapeake Bay watershed, in Virginia.

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