What You Can Do
Contact us at cvillewater@gmail.com
Contact the decision makers
Contact City Council and ask them how they could give up so many city resources for so little in return. Ask them to abide by the city's policy of environmental sustainability and restore rather than replace our current infrastructure. Ask them to stop giving away city parkland to support county growth. Find out what city residents in particular have to lose.
Contact them individually or as a group by email, phone or mail
Contact the Albemarle Board of Supervisors and tell them how much you value the natural resources in our community. Ask them to investigate less destructive solutions to increase the water supply.
Contact the Board of Supervisors as a group or individually
Contact Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA)
and
ask them why they did not pursue dredging in a more comprehensive way. Ask them why there is no flow gauge on the South Fork Rivanna River where the greatest impact of water withdrawal is predicted, when there are gauges elsewhere.
Contact Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority and ask for your comments/questions to be directed to the Director, Tom Frederick and the RWSA Board Members.
Contact The Nature Conservancy
and ask them how they could support such an environmentally damaging approach when less intrusive solutions haven't even been investigated. Ask them for data on just how much water will be left to go downstream from the dam after they remove 18 MG every day. Ask them why they didn't insist on a flow gauge on the South Fork Rivanna River at the point of intake to know the answer to that when they did their own study. Ask for hard numbers - there is too much to lose. Ask them to share your questions and comments with the director and science staff.
Contact the Piedmont Program:
490 Westfield Road
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Phone: (434) 295-6106
Director: Ridge Schuyler
Experience the community resources we stand to lose
- and take a friend.
Hike the Ragged Mountain Natural Area