Was the West Virginia Chemical Spill Preventable?

Was the West Virginia Chemical Spill Preventable?
Local residents in Charleston, W.V. continue to arrive at distribution centers to load up on bottled water Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 after a chemical spill Thursday in the Elk River that has contaminated the public water supply in nine counties. Frustration is mounting for many of the 300,000 West Virginia residents who've gone three days without clean tap water. (AP Photo/Michael Switzer)
1/13/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

“The Elk River spill wasn’t an isolated accident. It was the inevitable consequence of weak regulatory enforcement over many years, made possible by our collective failure to uphold the values we profess, ” Writes Angie Rosser, executive director of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition in Charleston, W.Va.

Do you agree? What can be done to prevent such spill in the future? 

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