GroundwaterVirginia
Special Report

Bluff Point
Planned Unit Development


    Bluff Point: A New Planned
    Development in
    Northumberland County


    Seeking assistance for its review of the
    proposed Bluff Point PUD, the
    Northumberland County Board of
    Supervisors selected an outside
    consultant, AES Consulting Engineers,
    to evaluate the development plan for
    the project. For a copy of the AES
    report, visit the Northumberland
    County website, CLICK HERE


    NEW!
    At its meeting on December 8, 2011 the Northumberland County (Va.) Board of
    Supervisors approved a special zoning exception for the Bluff Point PUD. Among
    the Conditions imposed on the PUD was one that would supposedly protect the
    groundwater supplies of homes and communities in the vicinity of the
    development. For a critique of the condition, see A FAILURE OF DUTY.

    A Clear and Future Danger: Ticking Environmental Time Bombs at
    Bluff Point Neck
    A discussion of environmental hazards that will continue to threaten Bluff Point Neck
    after the development is completed. CLICK HERE

    Essays on the Bluff Point PUD by Frank Fletcher
    You break it, you own it
    Who will be held responsible for the environmental damage caused by the Bluff Point
    PUD? October 14, 2011

    Bluff Point is a place and an idea
    As the members of the Board of Supervisors of Northumberland County fuss over traffic
    counts, "by-right" development criteria, estimates of future retail sales, and something
    the County's consultant calls "marginal costing estimates," the proud heritage of the
    County is being sold out. April 17, 2011

     No such thing as a free lunch
    We may not know how much environmental damage the Bluff Point PUD will cause until
    it is too late. November 20, 2010

    DOCUMENT ARCHIVE
    The following materials focus on the original water supply plan, which would have utilized the withdrawal
    of saline groundwater, desalination, and subsequent injection of the residual salt brine back into the
    aquifer.
Source: Northumberland
Association for
Progressive Stewardship