"The Chemical Safety Board brought voted Wednesday evening to approve the final report and recommendations that were the result of a more than two and a half year investigation into a Charleston chemical leak.

The leak, which was discovered January 9, 2014, spurred a tap water ban for more than 300, 000 West Virginians for as many as ten days.

It originated in a 46,000 tank on the banks of the Elk River. Owned by Freedom Industries, a since bankrupted and dissolved company, the tank contained a coal cleaning chemical called MCHM. That chemical traveled downstream about a mile and a half to West Virginia American Water's water treatment plant intake."

Ashton Marra reports for West Virginia Public Broadcasting September 29, 2016. [2]