Recycling to Save: How Cameron, W.Va., Solved a Funding Gap

Small-town fortitude — combined with creative thinking — helped this treatment plant fund upgrades that would have otherwise been too costly

When Julie Beresford was elected mayor of Cameron, W.Va., in 2012, restoring the city’s long-neglected water treatment system took top priority. The system had faulty valves and inefficient pumps, but it also needed other expensive improvements.

“There was a plan prepared to...

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