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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLook How Gross The Water Is After The Chemical Spill In West Virginia
More photos at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/chemical-spill-photos-wv_n_4601746.html?ir=Politics&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009#slide=3313340
Over 300,000 West Virginians were left without water last week when a storage facility leaked several thousand gallons of a coal-processing chemical upstream from a water treatment plant.
While the water ban has been partially lifted and some residents have been allowed to run their water in order to "flush" the system, many are still seeing the effects of the chemical spill coming out of their taps.
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Look How Gross The Water Is After The Chemical Spill In West Virginia (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2014
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no_hypocrisy
(46,020 posts)1. Reminds me of 1976 SNL commercial for Swill "mineral water" (Lake Erie)
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)2. Is that shit flammable? Nasty lookin'.
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)3. How did the colorless chemical that was spilled produce that color?
Dash87
(3,220 posts)4. I think that's rust, but I could be wrong.