Look How Gross The Water Is After The Chemical Spill In West Virginia
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By Paige Lavender
Posted: 01/15/2014 9:27 am EST | Updated: 01/15/2014 2:16 pm EST
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.
See photos below:
This photo was posted Jan. 11 -- before the ban was lifted -- by a resident of Cabin Creek, W.Va., who said her husband had run their water the night before and "the water that did not go down the drain had gelled up."
(Photo: Bobbi Bailey)
This photo, comparing tap water with bottled water, was posted Jan. 12 -- before the ban was lifted -- by a resident of Belle, W.Va.
(Photo used with reader's permission)
This photo, taken Jan. 12 -- before the ban was lifted -- shows water just after it was poured out of a tap.
(Photo: Andrew Durham)
This photo, taken Jan. 12 -- before the ban was lifted -- shows water just after it was poured out of a tap.
(Photo: Andrew Durham)
This post has been updated with more photos.
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.
See photos below:
I live in Charleston, WV. We have been w/out WATER for 6 days. The ban has lifted -- but would YOU drink this? pic.twitter.com/XL6rukC2ez
— crystal good (@cgoodwoman) January 15, 2014
Look at my water 45 mins into the flush!!!!!@erinbrochovich @wsaztv #wvwatercrisis #wvchemleak pic.twitter.com/cDA3BDiWvA
— Mendi StottsStarcher (@MelindaStarcher) January 15, 2014
I assume this is sediment. Flushed from the South Hills area. #WVWaterCrisis #wvchemleak pic.twitter.com/Xtw1bpDY6p
— Chris Bailey (@Chrisdbailey) January 14, 2014
Picture from Zone 1 by Sharon Cullop on the first day of the "flush" in Charleston, West Virginia. @akwablush pic.twitter.com/qhSZLT41jH
— crystal good (@cgoodwoman) January 15, 2014
This photo was posted Jan. 11 -- before the ban was lifted -- by a resident of Cabin Creek, W.Va., who said her husband had run their water the night before and "the water that did not go down the drain had gelled up."
(Photo: Bobbi Bailey)
This photo, comparing tap water with bottled water, was posted Jan. 12 -- before the ban was lifted -- by a resident of Belle, W.Va.
(Photo used with reader's permission)
This photo, taken Jan. 12 -- before the ban was lifted -- shows water just after it was poured out of a tap.
(Photo: Andrew Durham)
This photo, taken Jan. 12 -- before the ban was lifted -- shows water just after it was poured out of a tap.
(Photo: Andrew Durham)
This post has been updated with more photos.
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