In another fine example of wasteful taxpayer dollar spending, outgoing West Virginia Governor Earl Tomblin announced today the award of a Small Cities Block Grant of $1.5 million to the town of Clay for construction of 4.5 miles of new water line to serve only 54 households.
The grant is for $1.5 million but the total project cost is $2.3 million, which translates into over $42,592.00 per household to be served by the project.
If our local political leaders can get their act together, perhaps Bergoo could get $42,592.00 per household for the installation of a community septic system. This would alleviate the ongoing dumping of untreated, raw sewage into the Elk River by the households along Leatherwood Creek in Bergoo.
Treating raw waste dumping into the Elk River, which is the water supply for folks in Webster Springs, seems to be more of a pressing issue than 54 households getting public water.
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