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Kermit water tank replacement funded in $9.5 million AMLER grant announcement
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced $9.5 million Friday in Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) grant funding for five water and sewer infrastructure projects in Mingo and McDowell counties, including $1.26 million to replace the Town of Kermit’s failing water storage tank. Kermit’s 110,000-gallon tank developed multiple perforations and was flagged
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Corrosive water ‘root cause’ of brown water in Martin County, chairman says
BY LISA STAYTON MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Water Board Chairman Tim Thoma says recent widespread brown water in the county is a symptom of corrosive water dislodging mineral buildup inside aging pipes. “This is the root cause,” Thoma told the board in a July 22 meeting, citing the county’s negative Langelier Saturation Index
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Kermit water flows again to East Kermit after a decade; full-scale plant revival in progress
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN KERMIT, W.Va. — For the first time in a decade, households in East Kermit are drinking water drawn and treated in their own town again. “On Friday, Kermit water was turned on for the first time in 10 years, back to the people of East Kermit,” Mayor Charles Sparks announced.
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Residents at risk of water rate increase in Martin County
Stalled project drains $700K BY LISA STAYTON MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A stalled infrastructure project has drained $700,000 from the Martin County Water District, leaving residents at risk of a water rate increase, officials said in a May 6 special meeting. Nearly four years after announcing upgrades to the raw water intake and treatment plant,
