10/08/2016
"...we’re hidden out here at the tip of Kentucky, and we’re poor and we’re rural. So nobody really cares about us.”
Water is a necessity of life and no one should have to live like this. We have to do better for our brothers and sisters throughout the Commonwealth.
For more than a decade, state regulators in Frankfort have monitored — but not fixed — systemic failures at the Martin County Water District, which serves a population of about 12,300. Residents faced with either dry taps or murky water say they’ve run out of patience.