Control of the expansion of central water systems in Middlesex County by the Middlesex County Water Authority (MCWA) will go before the public at a public hearing on Tuesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. in the Middlesex County Historic Courthouse building in Saluda.
A proposed ordinance would establish an exclusive water service area by the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS), excluding the Town of Urbanna and certain existing areas already served with central water. The MCWA area would encompass all of the 40-mile long Middlesex County currently unserved by public central water systems — from Laneview to Deltaville — and areas currently being served by MCWA.
The proposed ordinance states:
