Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Charleston resident Niru Parikshak loads up the back of her car with bottled water Thursday Jan. 9, 2014, in Charleston, W.Va. Sam's Club and every retailer for a 20-mile radius sold out of bottled water after a chemical leak Thursday morning up river from the WV American Plant on the Elk River forced the water plant to shut down.

Charleston Daily Mail, Bob Wojcieszak / AP

Charleston resident Niru Parikshak loads up the back of her car with bottled water Thursday Jan. 9, 2014, in Charleston, W.Va. Sam's Club and every retailer for a 20-mile radius sold out of bottled water after a chemical leak Thursday morning up river from the WV American Plant on the Elk River forced the water plant to shut down.