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Note: We received the following reply to our 10/11/05 email regarding runoff from the Stockwell Manor site from Rosemary Ryan, Supervisor Joan DuBois' legislative aide. To learn more about this incident, begin here .

Dear Catherine and Adrienne,

We have been advised that,in anticipation of above average rainfall,
Winchester had already directed its contractor to bolster the in-place
controls and actually installed additional measures to try and minimize
any silt run-off. However, after nearly seven inches of rain within a
48-hour period, the site did experience some erosion control failures.
This was not the only failure, and staff believes that even the
sturdiest of controls would probably have been compromised. It is not
always possible to control for this volume in such a short time period.

That said, we have been told that beginnin Monday morning Winchester met
with the land development Project Manager, Mr. Joseph Houk and the
contractor to inspect the project and begin the required cleanup
operation. There were over thirty people assigned to work on the
cleanup of the site and the areas downstream that were affected. Nick
was going out there this morning to check on the progress of the
cleanup. If you or Catherine believe that there are areas that still
need to be addressed or if there are particular areas of the site that
you think may need beefing up, please let the Supervisor know.

Rosemary Ryan
Legislative Aide, Dranesville District
703-356-0551

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