Following a public hearing last Thursday, the Mathews County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to table a proposal to establish a permanent pump-and-haul general permit for disposal of sewage “when the local health department determines it to be the only practical means of disposal of such material.”
The board also tabled a proposal to place the county-owned property at 384 Old Ferry Road first on a potential list of such properties. The address is the site of Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill on Gwynn’s Island.
In explaining the proposed action, County Administrator Ramona Wilson said that there is currently no provision for permanent pump-and-haul in the county, although there are other failing septic systems on Gwynn’s Island. She said the provision would give residents that option. She said the determination about which properties would go on permanent pump-and-haul would be made by the health department.
The property at 384 Old Ferry Road has been on temporary pump-and-haul f...