A Small Victory in the Battle Against Straight Pipes

Straight piping, or discharging sewage directly to a stream from a house or business, is a problem in rural West Virginia. In many of southern West Virginia's narrow hollows there is little space for a treatment system, and in any event there is often little money for building and maintaining the treatment plant. Here is one community in McDowell County, along Windmill Gap Creek, that managed to eliminate straight pipes with some innovative thinking and help from the Canaan Valley Institute.