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Mount Storm (VEPCO) Lake
 Route 93, Mount Storm, WV 26739
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Max Depth: 131-140ft/40-43m
Average Viz: 16-20ft/5-6m
Entry Type: Shore
Bottom Composition: Rock
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Spring: 71-75°F/22-24°C
Summer: 71-75°F/22-24°C
Fall: 71-75°F/22-24°C
Winter: 71-75°F/22-24°C
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1200 acre lake made to cool a coal fired power plant. The entire lake is circulated approximately every 2 1/2 days if the plant is running full tilt. The lake is heated by the power plant and allows earlier spring diving and later fall diving. This lake is a very popular training location for WV, WV, MD, and PA. Several wooden platforms were put in place to keep students off the silt/ mud bottom.
Mt. Storm is a "heated lake". What I mean by this is that it is a cooling lake for the Mt. Storm power plant which is located across from the dive site entrance. The lake is "turned over" every two days. In the summer I have seen the temperature at 98 degrees. We usually start diving the lake in March or April and have dve it comfortably into November. In January the water temp is in the mid to high 50’s. If you are looking for great viz, forget it, the best I have seen is 10 to 12 feet and that is rare. There are two training platforms at 25 feet, one at 60 feet and one at 90 feet. There is a large gravel parking area for divers and boaters, but get there early in the summer, it’s a pretty popular place for both. Entry is made by walking in to the water down a set of steps that you have to be carful on the bottom of due to wash out, I will be adding some photos soon
Last time I was there is was cold and snowing. Since this lake is part of a Virginia Energy and Power Company generating station, the water was nice and unseasonably warm.
Shore entry across the lake from the power plant.
Here are couple websites with more info.
http://www.mtstorm.com/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/wvScubaPics.html