Stafford County:
“Northern Virginia’s newest lake started forming in Stafford
County with the turning of the pumps to fill the Rocky Pen Run Reservoir on
Tuesday morning. The lake is the largest public works project in county
history. ‘Our population has more than doubled in the last 20 years and the
number of businesses and employee base has risen as well,’ Stafford County
Board of Supervisors Chairman Jack Cavalier, Griffis-Widewater District, said. ‘Rocky
Pen Run’s 5.5-billion-gallon reservoir will allow us to meet the needs of both
our private and corporate citizens for years to come.’
The new reservoir will serve customers in the southern and
western portions of Stafford, but water can be pumped throughout the county
based on need. Rocky Pen Run will join Abel Lake and Smith Lake in supplying
water to county customers. The new reservoir will draw water from the
Rappahannock River, doubling the safe yield capacity of the water supply system
from what exists today. The new reservoir will also offer recreational
opportunities, including fishing and non-motorized boating, such as kayaking.”
~Writes Shannon Howell of the Stafford County Sun
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