Greene County has encountered obstacles in the ten months since it took over water and sewer operations from the Rapidan Service Authority. One of them has been keeping someone in charge of creating a brand new department.
On April 11, Dave Hundelt took over as interim director of water and sewer following the departure of Alan Harrison. Harrison took over from the first director, Greg Lunsford. Greene County fully took over from the RSA in June 2023.
Hundelt spent 32 years in Arlington County in water and sewer before retiring in 2022.
“We are very pleased to have Dave Hundelt join us here in Greene County,” said County Administrator Cathy Schafrik in a press release.
The Greene County Supervisors voted to leave the RSA in July 2020 after representatives from Madison County and Orange County denied a plan to charge facility fees to pay for the creation of a new reservoir at White Run.
A few days after the announcement of Hundelt’s appointment, Emily Hemphill wrote a story in the Charlottesville Daily Progress documenting many of the issues that have affected Greene County, such as billing errors and mounting repair and replacement bills.
Looming in the future are decisions about how to proceed with financing for the impoundment of White Run which has an approved permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (read a story from last September)
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