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Organization Sends Needed Water to Wyoming County Town

A community going on five months without clean water received another donation Thursday. This time, from a group based in New Jersey. Earlier this month, we shared a story about the community of Bud...

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A Rural Community's Water System:  An Emergent Emergency

Water donations from across the country are finding their way to West Virginia … still. But the Charleston area is not the only place where residents don’t feel safe to use the tap water. Residents in...

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State, Federal Reps. Respond to Wyoming Co. Water Woes

Congressman Nick Joe Rahall is looking into the water situation in Alpoca/Bud in Wyoming County. The long-term fix, known as the Covel project, will bring a new transmission main to serve the...

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What Is Being Done to Help Folks Without Potable Water in Wyoming Co.?

The folks in a Wyoming County community were dealing with unpotable water months before the chemical spill in Charleston. About 170 customers, around 500 people, have been on a boil water advisory...

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Meet a W.Va. Water Hero

Water donations from across the country have poured into Wyoming County since our original report . The folks in Bud and Alpoca were dealing with unpotable water, running a dark brown at times, months...

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State Public Service Commission Pushing Alpoca Water Deal

The West Virginia Public Service Commission is just days away from issuing a final order that is expected to bring some folks in Wyoming County closer to clean water. Folks in Alpoca and Bud including...

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Three Senate Bills and Where the House Stands

Senate Bill 373: The Water Protection Bill The House has had S.B. 373 for nearly a month and Thursday, a bipartisan group of delegates sent a letter to Governor Tomblin requesting a special session...

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Living Without Consistent Water Service: A Northfork Way of Life

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin lifted the state of emergency for nine counties on Friday. It’s been about seven weeks since 300,000 customers lost access to clean water after a chemical leaked into the Elk;...

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Northfork Water Woes: A Failing System

Northfork has been on a boil water advisory since July 2013, even longer than the folks in neighboring Wyoming County in Bud/Alpoca . It’s the seventh boil water advisory since 2009. Some residents in...

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After Months Without, Wyoming County Community Gets Safe Water

After months without access to safe water , representatives with the Department of Health and Human Resources say the boil water advisory has been lifted in a Wyoming County community. Folks in...

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McDowell Residents Closer to Safe Water

Residents in several McDowell County communities are one step closer to safe, public water. The Elkhorn Regional Water Project will replace two water systems that date back about 70 or 80 years.

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Debating the Death Penalty in Ky., Trying to Track Fracking Materials, "Uncle...

Capital punishment is debated in Kentucky. Coal camp communities are working to cope with dated water systems created by coal companies. A farmer’s market is provides summer meals to children....

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Officials Celebrate New Step Towards Consistant Safe Water in Wyoming Co.

A ceremony celebrating the effort to ensure quality drinking water for a community in Southern West Virginia was hosted on Tuesday. The ceremony marked a milestone for the Bud/Alpoca Water System...

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Water Outages and Advisories Continue in W.Va. Coalfields

While the chemical spill in Charleston left more than 300,000 without usable water, it's a problem that folks in the coalfields deal with on a regular basis. Mountainous regions like southern West...

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What Water Options Are Available In The Coalfields?

While the chemical spill in Charleston left 300-thousand people without access to clean water, folks in the coalfields deal with water issues every day. We heard from folks in McDowell communities...

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Part I: Is There Something in the Water, Southern W.Va.?

In an ongoing look at water infrastructure challenges in the southern region of West Virginia, we consider possible health effects of long-term exposure to contaminated water sources. First: the health...

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Part II: Is There Something in the Water, Southern W.Va.?

For all of the concerns about water compromised by natural and industrial sources (and the cancer, decay, infection, and disease that can come with that contamination), director of the West Virginia...

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Inside Appalachia: Water in the Coalfields

Water Outages and Advisories Continue in W.Va. Coalfields While the chemical spill in Charleston left more than 300,000 without usable water, it's a problem that folks in the coalfields deal with on a...

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Wyoming Co. Jury Says Coal Activity Did Not Damage Well Water

A jury has ruled in favor of a coal company in Wyoming County Circuit Court. The verdict came in Thursday afternoon after only a few hours of deliberations.

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Drinking Water from an Abandoned Mine? Really.

It’s been happening for years - water systems are slowly coming to a breaking point. The next episode of Inside Appalachia explores one legacy of the coal mining industry - crumbling water infrastructure.

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