Central Hampshire Public Service District is dedicated to providing quality water and sewer service to all its customers.
Welcome to the Central Hampshire Public Service District
The Central Hampshire Public Service District was created in 1977 to provide potable water to its customers. The PSD started out with 447 water customers. All of our water is purchased from the City of Romney. The original board members were Afton Malick, Jim Pyles, and Carl McBride. Once the PSD was organized Carl McBride left the board and became the first operator and his wife Louise McBride ran the office.
The current board members are Richard Wood, Bob Mayhew and Brian Judy. Meetings are regularly scheduled on the 1st Wednesday of each
month at 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise posted. Anyone wishing to be placed on the agenda should contact the PSD prior to the meeting.
The sewer system went on line in 2000. The sewer plant is on Little Capon River at Frenchburg on Little Capon Road North about 400 feet north of U.S. Route 50. Chief Operator at the sewer plant is Russell Riggs.
Today the PSD has 1,250 water customers and 675 sewer customers. There are nine full-time employees. Teddy Smith is the General Manager.
The PSD has come a long way from its humble beginning to the present day and we are still growing even in these trouble economic times. The board and management are always looking for ways to expand the system to benefit the citizens of Hampshire County and the business community.
The PSD is a branch of the county government. The PSD is totally self-supporting. We are a non-profit organization. The funds to run the PSD come from our rates we charge our customers. The rates are set by the WV Public Service Commission in Charleston, WV. We do not receive any grant money or tax money for the day-to-day operation of the PSD.
