Weakened standards generated 700 pages of comments MORGANTOWN — A proposed and ever-morphing water quality rule that has drawn substantial criticism was pulled from a Wednesday legislative […]
Tag: water pollution
Water group opposes mine company dump plan
NEWBURG — The Save the Tygart Watershed Association (STTWA), along with the West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club, is opposing a permit revision that would allow […]
Lexington Coal proposal disappoints families
Contract does not cover lifetime water service payments NEWBURG — A proposal to provide a permanent water source for four Newburg families whose wells were compromised by […]
Independence will receive water in 3 to 4 weeks
Newburg collects $920 with spring cleanup project NEWBURG — After 12 years of planning and work, Independence could soon be hooked up to the Newburg water system. […]
Research looks at extracting rare earth elements from acid mine drainage sites
Take a look at your smartphone — and not just the hairline-crack in the screen from where you dropped it in the driveway two weeks ago. Then […]
State DEP advisory council creates work group to retool human health parameters for water pollution
MORGANTOWN — The Department of Environmental Protection’s effort to update its human health criteria for wastewater discharges – which began in 2018 and stalled as industry and […]
