An initiative of the Mathews Community Foundation, Water for Everyone, is bringing relief to Mathews County residents who lack access to clean drinking water.
Led by Ron Lambert, a past community foundation chairman, Water for Everyone is upgrading water systems at four sites in the county to provide fresh, clean drinking water, free of charge, to anyone, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Once those four systems are completed, Mathews Rotary Club will take on the initiative with a goal of upgrading eight additional systems around the county.
Private water systems are not routinely tested for bacteria, said Lambert, but ultraviolet light treatment will be used in the systems to kill any bacteria that may be in the water.
The first system has been completed by the company WaterPro at West Mathews Community League’s civic center in Bohannon. Following close behind will be systems at the Piankatank Ruritan Club at Hudgins, Mathews Chapel United Methodist Church at Cobbs Creek, and Ocean Produ...