Congressman Riley M. Moore Secures Nearly $10 Million in Water Infrastructure Wins for West Virginians

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Riley M. Moore announced that all nine of the Community Project Funding requests he is championing for West Virginia's Second Congressional District passed out of the House Appropriations Committee last night as part of the Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.

The legislation was approved by the Appropriations Committee yesterday and will now move to the full House of Representatives for consideration.

Rep. Moore's slate of Community Project Funding supports critical water and wastewater infrastructure projects across West Virginia's Second Congressional district, helping ensure West Virginians have access to safe, clean, and reliable water while strengthening public health, supporting economic development, and modernizing aging infrastructure.

The projects represent a significant investment in communities throughout the district and reflect Congressman Moore's commitment to delivering tangible results for constituents of the Second Congressional District through the appropriations process.

Congressman Riley M. Moore released the following statement:

"Access to safe, clean, and reliable water is one of the most basic responsibilities of the government, and I'm proud to have secured committee approval for these critical investments in communities across West Virginia's Second District. These projects will help modernize aging water systems, improve public health, support economic growth, and ensure families have dependable infrastructure they can count on. While there is still work to do before these projects become law, this is an important step forward for our state, and I will continue fighting to deliver these resources for the people of West Virginia."

Major Water Infrastructure Investments Advancing for West Virginia:

The House Appropriations Committee's approval of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill advances several Community Project Funding requests championed by Congressman Riley M. Moore, including:

• $1,400,000 for Moundsville Water Systems Improvements. Moundsville supports 4,250 customers with a distribution system that has significant water loss. This funding would replace deteriorating water lines and add a new water storage tank to ensure reliable service for current customers. Currently, the system is below the minimum storage capacity of a system of this size. The additional water tank will get them over that threshold so that disruptions in plant operations do not result in water outages for customers.
• $1,150,000 for Buckhannon Water Treatment Plant & Distribution. Buckhannon's existing plant suffers several major deficiencies and violations including potential flooding at the raw water pump station, inadequate waste water and sludge disposal, and risk of inadvertent and excessive chemical release from the 1-ton chlorine cylinders. This funding is part of a $47M project to construct a new facility and place distribution lines.
• $1,000,000 for Union Williams PSD Water System. Union Williams PSD serves 3,272 customers and utilizes four source water wells. These groundwater supply wells have consistently elevated levels of PFAS. This funding will allow the PSD to upgrade its water treatment plant and distribution system, including the installation of a new pretreatment system to remove PFAS.
• $1,000,000 for Town of Bath / Berkeley Springs Water Works. The Berkeley Springs Water Works currently services 1,526 customers and is approaching facility run times of 20 hours per day. As Morgan County begins to absorb growth like the rest of the Eastern Panhandle, updates to the aging infrastructure are necessary to maintain reliable operations and support a reasonable amount of population growth.
• $1,000,000 for Greater Marion PSD Sanitary Sewer. Greater Marion PSD has updated all of its sewer system to a gravity system except a two-mile vacuum system portion that ties into the Worthington vacuum sewer system. Residents along this system experience chronic sewage overflows and have even been forced to utilize portable restrooms provided by the PSD. It also places an additional burden on Worthington's failing system. This funding would eliminate all GMPSD vacuum sewer infrastructure and fully remove their dependence on Worthington's system.
• $1,000,000 for Baker / Hardy County PSD Secondary Water Source. Hardy County PSD serves 2,177 customers in Hardy County and operates a water treatment plant. Hardy County's current water source is susceptible to algae blooms, some of which are toxic anabaena algae containing cyanotoxins. If one of these blooms occurs in the area of the water intake, PSD customers would not have access to a safe water supply. This project develops a secondary groundwater source adjacent to the Baker water treatment plant. This funding would pay for drilling up to three test wells, conversion of one or more wells to a production well, and the installation of the raw water line necessary for a complete and operable system.
• $1,000,000 for Worthington Sanitary Sewer. Worthington is seeking to replace its failing vacuum sewer infrastructure with a modern gravity collection system. Worthington's 290 customers have unreliable sewer service which has resulted in backups into homes, discharges onto the ground, and operational strain. This project focuses on the neighborhoods with the most widespread failures that cannot be addressed with piecemeal repairs.
• $1,000,000 for Aerotech Park / City of Bridgeport Wastewater Extension. The project proposes to extend drinking water and wastewater facilities to the Aerotech Park located near CKB Airport. Installation of these facilities will provide commercial and industrial businesses access to clean drinking water and reliable sewer service provided by the City of Bridgeport. The needs and goals of the City of Bridgeport are to provide service to existing and new customers to allow for growth and development of the area, and this project accomplishes that.
• $1,040,000 for Grandview-Doolin / Wetzel County Interconnection. Hundred-Littleton PSD has significant challenges maintaining an adequate and reliable water supply for its residents. This funding will interconnect Hundred-Littleton PSD to the Grandview-Doolin PSD, enabling Grandview to provide water service. Grandview-Doolin PSD operates a reliable, relatively new water treatment plant that currently operates with excess production capacity beyond its existing customer base.

These projects will help improve water quality, increase system reliability, replace aging infrastructure, expand service capacity, and strengthen public health protections for communities throughout West Virginia.

The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill will now be considered by the full House of Representatives as part of the Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations process.

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