The elected leaders of Louisa and Fluvanna counties should step in to resolve the dispute over the James River water permit, the attorney for the Monacan Indian Nation said this week.
Speaking at a Louisa Democratic Committee meeting on Oct. 2, Marion Werkheiser said the supervisors should choose an alternative location rather than face years of potential litigation. The two counties are trying to get a federal permit to build a pump station near the confluence of the James and Rivanna rivers, with much of the water to be piped to a water treatment plant at Ferncliff.
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