. . DISASTERS: CHEMICAL SPILLS : RIVERS : WATER : UNITED STATES: STATES: WEST VIRGINIA : WATER POLUTION : ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION : ENERGY : HEALTH: ISSUES : BUSINESS: COMPANINES: NAMED COMPANIES: FREEDOM INDUSTRIES: In West Virginia, Polluted Water Squeezes Wallets And Patience . . In West Virginia, Polluted Water Squeezes Wallets And Patience by Brian Naylor February 13, 2014 4:00 PM http://www.npr.org/people/2100941/brian-naylor . .Nate May's Prius is loaded down with water. The back is filled with boxes, each holding three one-gallon jugs that he just bought at Walmart. He and other volunteers are driving around Charleston, W.V., dropping off the jugs to people who have contacted his ad hoc group, the West Virginia Clean Water Hub. It's paid for with donations.
."There are a lot of people this has put in a difficult bind. Some of them can't get out, some of them are elderly, some of them it's just too much of a financial burden," May says. "We just take them at their word if they say they need water."
.More than a month has passed since a chemical leak polluted Charleston's water supply, and life is anything but normal for the 300,000 or so people in the area. Many are still relying on bottled water to drink and others have gone to lengths to avoid using the water at all. They're feeling an economic pinch and are upset with government officials.
. snip .University of Charleston professor Brad Deel isn't optimistic about changing the state's lax regulation of the coal and chemical industry.
."What I predict will happen is that people will make a lot of noise. There will be some minor, minor regulations passed," Deel says. "To the extent that anything major is proposed, people will say, 'Let's not be too hasty, let's not make any rash changes.' Industry will open its wallets and its lobbying organizations to the politicians and very little will happen."
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