This photo from a U.S. Chemical Safety Board report shows the Freedom Industries facility along the Elk River, and highlights the tank that spilled the chemical Crude MCHM into the river near the intake for West Virginia American Water’s plant in Charleston. An estimated 300,000 people were told not to drink, clean with, bathe with or otherwise use the water for days. The tank farm has since been demolished. Gazette-Mail file photo
By: Kate Mishkin, Environment Reporter | Posted: May 19, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
Residents and businesses affected by the 2014 Kanawha Valley water crisis won’t receive settlements until a federal judge issues his final approval order and administrators finish processing the claims.
