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 West Virginia Water Crisis: Water Contamination 

In 2014, West Virginia went into a state of emergency. The water off the Elk river was contaminated from an upstream chemical spill that made potable water toxic throughout

Charleston, WV and neighbor suburban areas. The use of public data information allowed a group of researchers ( a undergrad student, grad student and mentor) at West Virginia state University to illustrate other environmental hazards such as mines, to show what else is impairing water quality of the potable water. Such analysis can advise about the importance of keeping the watershed with minimum land disturbance in order to get clean water at home.