This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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The federal government joined hands with the governor of West Virginia, Earl Ray Tomblin, to declare a state of emergency after a chemical spill in one of the state’s major rivers. The spill in the river has caused authorities to declare a water ban in nice counties with approximately 300 thousand residents.
The emergency was declared after one of the tanks containing toxic chemical 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, used to process coal, leaked from one of the Freedom Industries plant in the capital city of Charleston and entered Elk River. The spill took place on the 9th of January, Thursday. ‘Until we get out and flush the actual system and do more testing, we can’t say how long this [advisory] will last,’ stated the West Virginia American Water president, Jeff McIntyre. He further informed that the chemical is not poisonous even in its most concentrated form, but can be characterized as a skin and eye irritant, if swallowed or inhaled.
Schools were closed and grocery stores were out of bottled water after the emergency was declared this early Friday. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin ordered customers of the West Virginia American Water not to drink, cook, bathe or wash clothes with tap water. Bottled water is being planned to be distributed in the nine effected counties by the state National Guard. The cause and the extent of spill still remains unclear. Officials say that the state of emergency and state orders were issued as a precaution.
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