Residents frustrated as yellow water persists months after conservation order in Weirton

WEIRTON, W.Va. — Five months after the initial conservation order and line break in the city of Weirton, some residents are continuing to have problems with their water.

“It was just yellow, yellow, constant yellow,” resident Patty Morgan said.

And it still is.

Morgan contacted the Weirton Area Water Board to have her water tested, only to find out getting answers might prove difficult.

“They didn’t come for, like, a week,” she said. “I called them, and they said that they didn’t know they were supposed to come. So, he rescheduled, and he said she’d be up today, Friday.”

When Morgan followed up, she ran into even more obstacles.

“He said she’s not even at work today. I was like, ‘well, when is she coming?’ ‘Well, I don’t know,’ ” Morgan said.

Other residents who also live on Orchard Street say they are having the same problems.

Morgan said the experience has not left a good impression.

“They don’t care. They’re doing nothing to correct this problem,” she said.

NEWS9 reached out to the Weirton Area Water Board, however there was no reply.

The board met Thursday, discussing potential funding options to fix the lines, as well as a partnership with West Virginia American Water.

However, nothing was decided upon or advanced.

With bathtubs and sinks still full of yellow water, Morgan made an urgent plea to Weirton’s government.

“I’m paying for water, I would like it to be that I could take a bath in it,” she said. “I won’t drink it, I haven’t drank Weirton water forever. But just clean it up for the people, this is crazy.”