Strenghen West Virginia's Clean Water Infrastructure

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Take Action: Strenghen West Virginia's Clean Water Infrastructure

House Bill 2181, threatens our state's ability to maintain safe and effective sanitary sewer systems. This bill would exempt private landowners with existing private sewer systems from paying fees or connecting to municipal or county sanitary sewer systems, weakening critical infrastructure investments that protect public health and clean water.

Why This Matters:

Over 11,000 miles of West Virginia streams are affected by fecal coliform contamination.
Straight piping — where raw sewage is discharged directly into waterways — remains a significant problem.
Exempting certain property owners from supporting sewer systems shifts costs onto fewer residents, potentially leading to higher fees for everyone else.
Properly managed sewer systems are essential to ensuring our waterways remain clean and safe for everyone.

We need your voice! Urge members of the WV State House to oppose HB 2181 and protect West Virginia's clean water infrastructure.

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Subject: Oppose HB 2181 - Protect West Virginia’s Clean Water Infrastructure

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I am writing to urge you to oppose House Bill 2181, which would undermine West Virginia's ability to maintain safe and effective sanitary sewer systems. Sewer systems are critical to public health and environmental protection. By exempting private landowners with existing systems from supporting county or municipal sewer infrastructure, this bill places an unfair burden on other residents and jeopardizes our shared water quality. While it's important to recognize the efforts of homeowners who properly maintain their septic systems or have recently upgraded to ensure safe wastewater management, this bill lacks a clear framework for identifying and verifying those cases. Without defined standards for how such systems will be checked and routinely monitored, there is no guarantee that water quality protections will remain strong. Municipal and county sewer systems require their fair share of funding to ensure they operate safely and efficiently. Reducing resources for these systems threatens our clean water, our communities, and our economy. Please vote NO on HB 2181 unless clear exceptions are established for responsibly maintained or recently upgraded septic systems, along with clear monitoring guidelines to ensure public health and water quality remain protected.

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