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Martin County Water District back-dates lease agreement
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ, Ky. — Martin County Water District voted to back-date a contract to lease five vehicles from the financially struggling sewer district for $1 a month. Jimmy Don Kerr, the chairperson of both district boards, said in a water board meeting last month that a question arose about the water
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Attention Martin County Water customers: Possible outages for leak detection work
INEZ — Martin County Water District will begin leak detection in the Inez pressure zone starting Friday night around 10:30 p.m. Alliance Water Resources announced Tuesday that the work would be performed at night to limit the effect on customers. The announcement states: “This will be the first time such leak detection has been performed
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Manager says 95% of system back in water
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Eight days after a catastrophic shutdown of the Martin County Water system, district manager Craig Miller said Tuesday evening that about 95% of the system is back in water. “There are little areas, such as Little Lick, where customers are on higher elevations, and we’ve got to blow
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Judge declares state of emergency as winter weather cripples Martin County Water District
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County has declared a state of emergency due to ongoing widespread water outages in the county. Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty declared the emergency Friday evening following days of frigid weather that ruptured a 14-inch main line near the water treatment plant on Turkey Creek, emptying the plant’s clear
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Water leak closes schools, offices in Martin County
Boil water advisory remains in effect for 1,250 customers BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A 14-inch main water transmission line ruptured Friday morning near the Martin County water treatment plant in Inez, forcing schools countywide to send students home early. The outage also caused government offices, public libraries and local businesses to close for
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Water district pays repair bill for truck it does not own
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Water District spent over $6,200 on repairs for a truck the district does not own. The expenditure came to light in a water board meeting Sept. 27 when Alliance Water Resources manager Craig Miller explained the district’s cash basis shortage of $26,078 for August. His explanation
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Water district pays off debts
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Water District has paid off all its outstanding debts, including those that led to the Kentucky Public Service Commission adding a monthly $4.19 debt service surcharge to customer bills in March 2018. Alliance Resources Manager Craig Miller announced in the June 28 water board meeting that the
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Water district plot unravels in pursuit of 50-year-old deposit
Management targets elderly retired water plant operator BY LISA STAYTONMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Water District’s pursuit of a 50-year-old security deposit last week unraveled a plot to require all customers to pay deposits or show proof of payment. “Any account that don’t [sic] have a deposit is gonna have to pay a deposit
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Water board denies agreeing with rate
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Water Board members said they had never discussed a 24.31 percent rate increase, even though a document filed at the Kentucky Public Service Commission by the board’s attorney agreed with that amount. The document, filed Aug. 25, 2021 by water district attorney Brian Cumbo and signed by
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Water rate goes up for Martin County
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT FRANKFORT — Martin County Water customers will pay about 10 percent more for their water. The Kentucky Public Service Commission entered an order late Tuesday raising the water rate. The minimum monthly bill, plus the $7.35 surcharges, increases from $44.67 to $48.77. The cost per 1,000 gallons over the minimum 2,000 gallons increases from
