Take the Stink Out of Cheat Lake Area
Morgantown Dominion Post Letter to the Editor
22 November 2009
Thank goodness summer is finally over and the residents of Cheat Lake,
who live in the area of the Cheat Lake Sewage Treatment Plant, will not
want to sit outside on beautiful starlit evenings.
The Dominion Post recently reported that MUB won two awards from the
National Association of Clean Water Agencies. One of these awards was
for the Cheat Lake Facility. I am pleased the award was based on water
treatment and not for the quality of air surrounding the plant, since
our plant STINKS. It is difficult to enjoy our porches or patios due to
the foul odor of sewage from the Treatment Plant. I have even heard
customers of the Lake House, who would like to use their deck to enjoy
an evening meal, complain about the odor.
The Cheat Lake water and sewage rates have long been higher than the
rest of the area. Is it unreasonable to ask for pleasant ambient air
for that higher rate? Sewage treatment plants in other areas dome their
facilities to eliminate the air quality issues.
MUB Officials, when questioned, have responded with “Oh, are you having
problems there?” or that it would be “very expensive to eliminate the
odors.”
Please contact MUB Board Members (their identities are listed on the
MUB Web site) or Mr. Jim Green (General Manager of MUB) to express your
dissatisfaction about the odor emanating from the plant. If anyone has
connections with the EPA or the Public Service Commission, please help
by asking them to attempt to sit one warm summer evening near the
Sewage Treatment Plant.
Perhaps Mr. Green could use part of the 2 percent loan from the
Economic Stimulus Money to better our community. I ask that residents
sign the petition, currently being circulated, requesting the
elimination of odors from the Cheat Lake Community. Copies of this
petition are currently available at the Mini Mart at Ashebrooke Square
and at Ruby and Ketchy’s Restaurant. Here’s looking forward to more
enjoyable summer evenings in the future.
Larry Roberts
Cheat Lake