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Coal Chemical Spill Contaminates Drinking Water Prompting State of Emergency in West Virginia
2014-01-10 17:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Residents of nine counties in West Virginia have been told not to use or drink their water after a chemical used by the coal industry spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. Gov. Tomblin (D-WV) declared a state of emergency as more than 100,000 customers, or 300,000 people, are without safe drinking water. The chemical, 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, used to wash coal of impurities spilled from a tank at Freedom Industries into the Elk River, contaminating the drinking water for more than 300,000...
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Fracking prompts water worries in Fredericksburg, Virginia
2014-01-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Free Lance-Star: High on a list of concerns about the prospect of the first-ever gas and oil drilling in Virginia's Coastal Plain east of Fredericksburg is whether it could contaminate water wells and the vast reservoirs of groundwater they tap into. During two packed workshops in December hosted by Friends of the Rappahannock and Caroline County Countryside Alliance, some in the audience wondered who would be liable for water contamination from a faulty well or chemical spill, and how it could be cleaned up....
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Cancer Causing Chemical Found in Sandston Water
2014-01-10 04:43:38| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality went door to door Wednesday passing out flyers warning that the chemical tetrachloroethylene, also known as "perc" is in the ground water.
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Citizens' Utility Board of Oregon posts job opening for Portland's water and sewer consumer advocate
2014-01-09 21:41:23| PortlandOnline
Andrew Theen in The Oregonian, January 9, 2014
Portland Commissioner Nick Fish sells infamous 'Water House' for $394,950
2014-01-09 21:38:49| PortlandOnline
Andrew Theen in The Oregonian, January 9, 2014
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