FAYETTE COUNTY WATER New River Water Plant In Fayette County Has Partial Power Restoration
Reported by: Teresa Higginbotham
Web Producer: Teresa Higginbotham
Also Contributing: Laura Jordan
Reported: Jul. 4, 2012 12:51 PM EDT
Updated: Jul. 4, 2012 1:05 PM EDT
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Fayette
, West Virginia
Power was partially restored at the New River water plant around midnight.
The water company says the plant has been running on generators since Friday.
Full power was restored around 7 a.m. and the plant is back up and running.
Fayette County customers should see their water pressure return to normal sometime today, July 4, 2012.
The plant has some boosters and tanks running on generator power, and our crews will continue moving generators around to maintain tank levels until full power is restored throughout the system.
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Salem-Gatewood - Old Salem-Gatewood PSD office on Gatewood Road in
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Teresa Higginbotham
