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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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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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Ancient water tank cause for concern for Inez family
Land slippage dangerously close to Turkey Hill home BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN “It looks like if you touched it, it would blow out.” –Okey Mills INEZ, Ky. — Looming above Okey Mills’ home on top of Turkey Hill is what appears as a relic of a bygone (not-completely-gone) era – a rusty water storage tank…
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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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Lafferty on mission to get $60 million to fix Martin County’s water system
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty has pledged to make Martin County’s water system his top priority over the next four years. He says he aims to fix it and is already working toward that goal. Following a catastrophic water system failure Dec. 26 that left the county’s population…
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Keep that Christmas spirit
BY NINA MCCOY I would like to address the county about a very important and tough subject, but first I feel a need to express my deep appreciation for the people who worked so hard for the past few weeks (and months) to make our community shine. The recent Christmas celebrations in Warfield and Inez…
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Martin County Water District Workgroup to meet Dec. 7
Video conference will start at 1 p.m. FRANKFORT — The Martin County Water District Workgroup will meet by videoconference Dec. 7 from 1–3 p.m. If you have questions about connecting to the videoconference, please contact Kim Greenidge at 502-782-6630. Join Zoom Meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82090601303 Meeting ID: 820 9060 1303 One tap mobile: +13126266799,,82090601303# US (Chicago)…
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Water district runs into ‘storm’
Hundreds without running water as leaks deplete treatment plant BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Hundreds of residents on Turkey Creek and Route 292 have no running water due to leaks depleting the Martin County Water District Treatment Plant. Alliance Water Resources manager Craig Miller told the Mountain Citizen that crews are searching for a…
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Hundreds without running water as leaks deplete water treatment plant
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Hundreds of residents were without running water Saturday after Martin County Water District shut off the supply to two areas miles apart. But those residents’ water woes did not just start Saturday — and they were not the only ones. Alliance Water Resources turned off water Saturday to…
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