Water slowly but apparently steadily being restored. Mom is kind of at the end of the line for this water system so they expect to be without water for at least a few more days. Hopefully, customers throughout the system will heed instructions to not flush lines prematurely, thus screwing everything up and slowing the process down over all.

It is clear that on the State level, the Governor, his appointees and the legislature are very unlikely to put into place the measures that could not only have prevented this from either happening, or at least from turning into the disaster it did. Just like for years they have ignored recommendations from the CSB, that would have at least enabled Kanawha Co. which was very willing, to put into place measures and regulations that not only would have prevented or mitigated against this, but also could have prevented numerous accidents, as well as deaths, at several chemical plants in the Valley.

Combination of money in politics from the coal and chemical industries, and what Dick said.