BY EVA MAYS West Virginia’s growing tourism and recreation industries benefit from clean water. Kayaking or fishing in contaminated waters makes those experiences a lot less wonderful than they otherwise could be. However, clean watersheds are also critical to public health. The ...
MORGANTOWN -- A century before the formation of the Morgantown Utility Board, Morgantown’s first water delivery service came via mule-pulled cart. Pretty interesting. Even more interesting was the man holding the reins. After escaping slavery in 1864, John Edwards found his way to ...
It didn’t take Betsy Lawson long to gather the orange rocks she brought with her to the rally Thursday afternoon. Same for the water of that same tint she scooped up in the Mason jar. Both, for all intents, were in her backyard. “Right on the other side of our fence line,” she ...
by Delegate Evan Hansen From lead pipes to dirty drinking water, West Virginians have been forced to put up with aging, unreliable water infrastructure for decades. Now, our communities are paying the price for years of inaction. Recent reports have shown several children in Clarksburg ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com As part of its mission of treating and distributing clean water to the Morgantown area, Morgantown Utility Board installed a floating monitoring station along the Monongahela River. About two miles upstream of the water treatment plant main intake, the ...
by Will Coggin Keystone, W.Va., has not had safe drinking water for eight years. Over those eight years, there were times when Keystone had no water at all. The taps were dry. In one instance, the residents of Keystone went more than two weeks without being able to shower or wash ...