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Martin County Water District grapples with depleted reservoir, project setbacks
Pump costs $1,000 a day for fuel plus $8,000 monthly rent BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Water District is spending $1,000 a day for fuel and 8,000 a month on a pump to transfer water from the river to the critically low Curtis Crum Reservoir. Meanwhile, the water district has encountered…
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Martin County Sheriff issues warning about phone scam
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk has issued a warning to residents about a phone scam involving false claims related to Alliance Water. The alert came Thursday following reports of residents receiving dubious phone calls. The scam involves an unidentified individual claiming to represent Alliance Water, asking residents for personal information…
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Crum Reservoir crisis demands urgent action
The current state of Crum Reservoir in Martin County is a cause for serious concern. The reservoir has reached a possibly all-time low level, with dead fish strewn along its banks, painting a grim picture of the severity of the situation. The absence of an intake pump at the river has become a primary concern…
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Crum Reservoir reaches all-time low level
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Crum Reservoir hit a possibly all-time low level Tuesday morning, prompting concerns among residents about the possibility of a major water outage in Martin County. Dead fish were found scattered along the reservoir’s banks, highlighting the severity of the situation. With the current water levels even lower than…
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Residents voice concerns about paying for sewer service not rendered; chairman abruptly silences public comment
“Wait. Please stop right there. We don’t bash Alliance. That’s not what we do here, so I’ll ask you to stop there, respectfully.”—Jimmy Don Kerr, Martin County Utility Board chairman BY LISA STAYTON MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Two residents of Inez, Tena Jarrell and Drewie Muncy, expressed dissatisfaction with the Martin County Sanitation Board during…
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Former County Attorney paid 12 years for sewer service that was never connected
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Former Martin County Attorney Drewie Muncy has paid the Martin County Sanitation District a sewer bill for over 12 years but has never been hooked to the service. Muncy told sewer board members in a meeting April 25 that he had made multiple requests to the district to…
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County announces sewer line extension for Davella
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Sanitation will spend $1.1 million of $3.1 Congressional earmark funding to add 92 new customers to the sewer system in the Davella/Debord area. Big Sandy Area Development District director Eric Ratliff attended a special meeting Friday of the Martin County Fiscal Court to ask magistrates to…
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‘Water Day’ music and art festival coming to Inez
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Tourism is joining with Austin Shuck’s Appalachian Pioneer Program to bring a mural to downtown Inez and kick it off with a “Water Day” music and art festival in mid-May. Tourism chairperson Nita Collier said in a Tourism Commission meeting Monday that she had been working…
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Martin County Water manager resigns, takes job at Paintsville Utilities
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Water District general manager Craig Miller has resigned to take a job working for Paintsville Utilities. Miller tendered his resignation Feb. 27 to Alliance Water Resource, the contractor that manages MCWD. According to Miller, he starts work April 3 for Paintsville. “I am proud of…
Category: Water Crisis
