While many communities in the Commonwealth rely on groundwater or rivers, Charlottesville gets its water from rain and snow melt which, in the age of climate change, is hard to predict. That’s why the local water authority is using dynamite to clear a path for six and a half miles of pipe to connect a large but shallow reservoir with one that’s 80-feet deep and can store much more.
Spokesman Westley Kern says safety measures are in place with giant rubber mats covering the blast area.
“We don’t want to blast this stuff to space by any means.”…