UTILITIES

Water: Berkeley Springs and Paw Paw are served by public water systems.
Berkeley Springs Water Works: 271 Wilkes Street, phone 258-1290. Source: springs. Deposit for new service: $50; basic fee: $55.80/quarter for 60,000gal.

Paw Paw: Town Hall, 122 Winchester Street, phone 947-7476. Deposit $100; base monthly fee $41.52 for water and sewer. Source: Potomac River.

Outside the public systems, water is provided through wells. Well permits required from County Health Department, phone 258-1513, Fee $78 Online at www.morgancountyhealthdept.org

Sewage: Berkeley Springs & Great Cacapon: Warm Springs Public Service District, 271 Wilkes Street, Suite B, phone 258-4118. Basic fee: $29.22/month, billed monthly, $80 deposit required to activate service.

Outside municipalities - individual septic systems require County Health Department inspection and permit. Fee: $150 plus Department of Environmental Protection tank registration $30, phone 258-1513 or www.morgancountyhealthdept.org.

Electricity: Allegheny Power, customer service center phone 1-800-255-3443. Deposit based on average monthly bill.

Gas: Bottled gas- Blue Flame 258-3495; Roach Energy 258-3329 or Thompson Gas 258-2226

Telephone: All of West Virginia has area code 304.
Verizon - eastern Morgan County, new residential service dial 954-6222, Mon-Fri 8am-6pm; business service 954-6202; repair service 1-800-275-2355, 24 hours a day. Information online at www.verizon.com
If you would like a telephone book for Berkeley Springs & vicinity call the directory distribution center at 1-800-888-8448.
Frontier/Citizens Communications, west of Great Cacapon: dial 1-800-921-8102 for new service, repairs or phone book.

Sanitation: Within town limits, Bath requires trash pick-up service, phone 258-1102. Trash fees: $36/quarter residential; wide range for commercial begins at $60/quarter and goes up with quantity & # of pick-ups.
County-wide (except in Town of Bath) pick-up available from Morgan Sanitation, a private concern, phone 258-3544.
Landfill located near Hedgesville, LCS Services at 754-9153.

Recycling: Morgan County has voluntary recycling programs. Call 258-8718 for information. There are 7 sites for recycling each month: The first Saturday of each month you can recycle at Greenwood Elementary on Winchester Grade Road from 9am-11amThe second Tuesday of each month you can recycle at the Route 522 South Business Park from 9am-11amThe second Saturday of each month you can recycle at Great Cacapon Elementary on Spring Street from 9am-11am or at Paw Paw School on Moser Road Noon-2pmThe third Saturday of each month you can recycle at Widmyer Elementary on Route 522 from 9am-NoonThe fourth Saturday of each month you can recycle at Pleasant View Elementary on Route 9 East from 9am-11amThe last Tuesday of each month you can recycle at the Moose Lodge #1483 on Route 522 North from 9am-11amItems you can recycle include:
Jars & Bottles- clear, brown & green (rinsed clean, no lids)
Cans- aluminum & metal (rinsed clean, no lids) foil & pie tins separate
Paper- newspaper, office paper, books & cardboard
Magazines & Catalogs- includes slicks
Chipboard- cereal, detergent boxes, etc. All paper products must be bound or in paper bags.
Sorry no plastic recycling.