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Conservation district urges continuation of $10,000 county support as dam repairs rise
Summary
Charlotte Hoover told the Pendleton County Commission that 72 of West Virginia's roughly 170 small high‑hazard dams are in the Potomac Valley area and that district maintenance costs rose from about $69,000 in 2021 to about $100,000 in 2025; she asked the county to continue $10,000 annual support.
Charlotte Hoover, Conservation District Supervisor for the Potomac Valley Conservation District, updated the Pendleton County Commission on March 3 about the district’s work and its funding needs.
Hoover said there are about 170 small high‑hazard dams in West Virginia and approximately 72 in the Potomac Valley area. She told commissioners that the district’s maintenance and repair spending increased from about $69,000 in 2021 to about $100,000 in 2025 and noted the district appreciates the $10,000 the county provides. Hoover asked the Commission to continue that financial support to help cover growing maintenance costs.
The request was presented as part of routine updates; no formal vote on changing the county contribution was recorded in the meeting minutes. Commissioners did not discuss specifics about increasing county funding beyond Hoover’s request during the session. The district’s presentation highlighted the local safety and maintenance obligations tied to aging small dams and framed continued county support as an aid to ongoing inspections and repairs.
The Commission took no formal action on the request at this meeting; next steps were not specified in the public record.
