Transportation & Utilities
Transportation
Highways Serving Area: I-68 and 79; US 19 and 119; WV 7, 100 and 218.
Transit: Mountain Line (Local Bus Service), WVU Personal Rapid Transit (Monorail)
Railroads: Norfolk-Southern RR offers daily freight service.
Flights: Morgantown Municipal Airport offers daily commuter service to Baltimore and Pittsburgh on Southern Airways Express.
- North Central West Virginia Airport in Clarksburg, Harrison County offers service to Florida, South Carolina, Chicago and DC on Allegiant and United Airlines.
- Pittsburgh International Airport is a 90-minute drive northwest of Morgantown.
Water: The Monongahela River is a navigable waterway with a minimum 9-foot channel depth.
Utilities
Electric Power | Mon Power Company whose rates consistently rank among the lowest in the nation. |
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Natural Gas Supplier | Dominion Transmission |
Natural Gas Distributors | Dominion Hope, Mountaineer Gas |
Fuel Oil Distributors | 4 local vendors. |
LP Gas Distributors | 4 local vendors. |
Sewage Treatment | Morgantown Utility Board System (Secondary treatment, 12 MGD capacity, 65% present load ), and 3 PSDs. |
Water Treatment | Morgantown Utility Board (Source – Monongahela River, 14.5 MGD capacity, 72% present load) and 4 PSDs, 1 water associations. |
Solid Waste Disposal | 2 local vendors |