New Web Page: Water Outages FAQ
Water leaks and outages affect all water systems. Starting in 2021, however, our system began seeing a significant increase in such incidents, especially in South Elkins. This year, Elkins water system workers have responded to dozens of leaks in South Elkins. Although many of these leaks were repaired “under pressure” and did not require water to be turned off, that part of our city experienced 19 water outages during 2021.
There are various factors contributing to this situation, and fully addressing all of them will take a significant amount of time and money.
Follow this link for answers to frequently asked questions about why this is happening and what we are doing about it. (While you’re at it, please consider signing up for City of Elkins Nixle alerts so you can receive advance notification of water outages, in addition to other important emergency information.)
City Hall News: Week of August 16, 2021
Elkins, W. Va., August 14, 2021: Meeting next week are the Elkins Sanitary Board, the Elkins Historic Landmarks Commission, and council’s Collaboration & Marketing, Municipal Properties, and Rules & Ordinances Committees. The Personnel Committee’s regular August meeting has been cancelled. Council meets […]
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April 24, 2020 Governor Justice announced Friday that his office would release guidelines for reopening certain businesses early next week. City officials have already been receiving questions from business owners about what guidelines and restrictions they may be required to operate under. […]
Read MoreStreet Paving Closures, Week of 10/25
As the sewer/stormwater separation project nears completion, Bear Contracting will be milling and paving several streets during the week of October 25, as listed and shown in the map below. There will be no parking on the indicated dates from 7 a.m. […]
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