Miller Brings Nearly $60 Million to West Virginia for Clean Water, Law Enforcement, Jobs, and Infrastructure

Washington, D.C. - Since Congress created the Community Project Funding program in Fiscal Year 2022, Congresswoman Miller (R-WV) has secured $59,302,487 for southern West Virginia. Community Project Funding allows Members of Congress to put forward requests for direct funding for projects in their home districts to the Appropriations Committee.

Miller's nearly $60 million has brought crucial funds to West Virginia's law enforcement, economic development projects, hospitals, health networks, and water systems in southern West Virginia. Since FY2022, Miller has secured:

• $942,208 for Law Enforcement
• $12,423,439 for Economic Development
• $22,016,000 for Health Projects
• $23,920,840 for Water and Sewer Projects

One of Miller's main focuses has been the water crisis in our southern coalfields. Of the nearly $24 million secured for water and sewer projects since FY2022, $1,200,000 has been appropriated directly to Wyoming County water projects, and $2,995,840 has been appropriated to McDowell County.

Building on this crucial funding, Miller also joined Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) last July in introducing an amendment to the House Interior Committee's Fiscal Year 2026 Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Related Agencies Appropriations Act which successfully passed the House of Representatives. This amendment directed the EPA to provide information on the resources it has available to assist states and counties with a high prevalence of violations of drinking water regulations, such as Wyoming and McDowell Counties in southern West Virginia.

"I am grateful for Community Project Funding and that my role in Congress has allowed me to have an impact on southern West Virginia. I am especially thrilled to have secured nearly $24 million for water and sewer projects in my district. Clean drinking water is a necessity, but tragically, some communities in West Virginia struggle to access this basic need. I am committed to doing everything in my power to help these communities, whether through Community Project Funding or amendments to annual appropriations bills. I will continue working with my colleagues in Congress and the Trump Administration to deliver the support West Virginians need and deserve every day," said Congresswoman Miller

For Fiscal Year 2027, Miller has requested $70,430,000 for southern West Virginia projects and the funding is currently under consideration by the Appropriations Committee. Of this over $70 million being requested, $48,689,000 would go directly to water and sewer projects in West Virginia's First Congressional District.

Background:

• In Fiscal Year 2026, Congresswoman Miller requested $750,000 to remove a Combined Sewer Overflow in Welch, WV, allowing for compliance with the Clean Water Act and improving the quality of life for 868 residential and commercial customers in McDowell County.
• In Fiscal Year 2025, Congresswoman Miller requested $750,000 to remove a Combined Sewer Overflow in Welch, WV.
• In Fiscal Year 2024, Congresswoman Miller secured $750,000 for the town of Pineville's Brenton/Baileysville Waterline Extension Project that will provide water service to approximately 254 customers in Wyoming County.
• In Fiscal Year 2024, Congresswoman Miller secured $1,750,000 for the construction of a new sewer system in Davy, WV that will cut pollution going into the Tug Fork River and eliminate health hazards for the community in McDowell County.
• In Fiscal Year 2023, Congresswoman Miller secured $450,000 for the Wyoming County Commission to provide efficient, reliable, and safe public water to approximately 215 residents and businesses through the Hanover Waterline Extension Project.
• In Fiscal Year 2022, Congresswoman Miller secured $495,840 for the DigDeep Right to Water Project in Welch, WV that will provide sanitary septic and sewage service to 35 households and also provide clean water for the community in McDowell County, WV.
• Information for all Community Project Funding and Member Designated Funding requests can be found here.

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