Preserve Salem

Preserve Salem Preserve Salem exists to maintain Salem's environmental, civic and economic quality of life without the burden of assuming externalized costs of MVP.

More about MVP impact from a resident of Montgomery County, Va.
10/20/2024

More about MVP impact from a resident of Montgomery County, Va.

Penny anticipated her retirement from Norfolk Southern would give her more time with her daughter and grandchild, and allow her to finally sleep at night.

Debby is predicted to bring us 5 to 10 inches of rain, and both Mountain Valley Pipeline and AEP appear terrified on Poo...
08/07/2024

Debby is predicted to bring us 5 to 10 inches of rain, and both Mountain Valley Pipeline and AEP appear terrified on Poor Mountain. MVP's hapless efforts on the vertical route they chose up Poor Mountain means trees are gone but grass won't grow. Landslide could cause catastrophic failure, explosion and wildfire. These photos today show effort to cover steep slope under AEP power lines with synthetic material and multiple silt fences at least 5 feet high below. Confidence in their work is lacking. And pipe is full of highly explosive natural gas under about 1,500 pounds per square inch of pressure.

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-sb-657...
02/10/2022

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-sb-657...

SB 657, the Air and Water Pollution Bill, has passed out of the Senate committee and will be headed to the full senate. Please amplify these Twitter and Facebook Posts to help create a groundswell of opposition, - Based on lies by Mountain Valley Pipeline's partner E...

10/23/2021

A federal court on Thursday nixed a Trump-era rule that limited state and tribal authority to block projects that could impact their waters, including pipelines.

EPA is speaking about our "downstream" community below Bent Mountain in the Upper Roanoke watershed.
07/11/2021

EPA is speaking about our "downstream" community below Bent Mountain in the Upper Roanoke watershed.

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Preserve Salem

Preserve Salem exists to maintain Salem's environmental, civic and economic quality of life without the burden of assuming externalized costs imposed by Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) construction and operation whose impact on the Roanoke River is stated by MVP to be "high" from MVP's own environmental assessment. Salem's water depends on the Roanoke River and wells mostly derived from the Roanoke River. Because Salem holds an MS4 permit to discharge stormwater back into the river, Salem bears the financial burden of first cleaning that water of sedimentation which will reach high levels during MVP construction and a "new higher level" post construction likely to cost roughly $350.00 per year per person just to clean MVP construction. Our little Roanoke River is expected to absorb 1000 tons of MVP sediment per year which carries bacteria and other carcinogens and toxic contaminants. The Roanoke Greenway is a pride but the River’s floodplain may not be safe for recreation after MVP.