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Crooked Branch residents urge county help after months of low water pressure

Dickenson County Board of Supervisors · April 29, 2026
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Nathan Edwards, a Crooked Branch resident, told the Dickenson County Board of Supervisors that roughly 10 families have experienced low or no water pressure since October and asked the board to seek engineering estimates and grant funding to install a pressure-reducing valve (PRV).

Nathan Edwards, a Crooked Branch resident, told the Dickenson County Board of Supervisors on May 1 that his neighborhood has suffered reduced household water pressure since last October and asked the county to help secure an engineering estimate and possible grant funding to install a pressure-reducing valve (PRV).

"We were going to use the water, but there was none," Edwards said, describing how some homes have little or no pressure and that he can supply a list of 10 affected families. He quoted information from Dennis Baker of the Public Service Authority (PSA) that Sand Lake’s mainline pressure is at the…

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