MORGANTOWN — The state Public Service Commission recently completed its statewide fire hydrant survey and issued some recommendations, including a 10-year, $70 million program for public utilities to replace aging hydrants. The PSC opened a general investigation into hydrant safety on ...
MORGANTOWN — After receiving Monongalia County Commission approval earlier this month, Morgantown Utility Board and Cheat View Public Service District jointly applied this week for Public Service Commission approval of consolidating Cheat View's waterworks system into MUB's. As ...
MORGANTOWN -- There’s been a whole lot of talk in recent years about the Flegal Dam and Reservoir. And rightfully so. The Morgantown Utility Board’s newest asset is an engineering marvel — a half-million cubic yards of clay rich soil painstakingly compacted into an ...
On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new regulations regarding lead pipes aimed at eliminating the chance for lead exposure through drinking water within 10 years. Water utilities nationwide must submit an initial inventory of lead service lines by Oct. 16, ...
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Utility Board fully supports the West Virginia Division of Highways plan to build a new road and bridge connecting U.S. 119 to the Morgantown Industrial Park. The utility "appreciates the importance of the bridge project to our community." But it ...
There is rarely a good time to rip up roads or do work on water lines, but there are certainly “less bad” times to do so — and also “really bad” times to do so. For example, doing water line work in Sunnyside that necessitated a boil water advisory and closed down one lane of Campus ...