A recent debate over installing synthetic turf on the front yard of a Rugby Road fraternity house highlighted an issue that worries environmental health advocate Kate Mallek: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl
The project will include pipes to transport drinking water from the soon-to-be expanded Observatory Water Treatment Plant, located near the University of Virginia’s Scott Stadium.
BRYAN MCKENZIE
The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress
Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority partners with Virginia Oyster Shell Recycling and Restoration Program to bag up recycled oysters collected from restaurants and homes that will later be returned to the Chesapeake Bay. Bryan McKenzie
Plucked, shucked and chucked into a pile, oyster shells gathered from area restaurants were shoveled, bagged and shipped off to the Piankatank River on Thursday to provide oysters with shelter once again.
The shells have been sitting in a corner of the Ivy Materials Utilization Center for the better part of a year, baking in the sun. On Thursday afternoon, volunteers with the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority and Rivanna Solid Waste Authority joined forces with the Virginia Oyster Shell Recycling Project to put the half shells in mesh and on pallets.