See what local Letcher County Citizens are saying about their water, starting with Kae Fisher!
Time Line of Diesel Spill Events as Documented by the Kentucky Division of Water
Timeline of events for Whitesburg diesel spill Feb. 12, 2011 Sat., Feb. 12 At approximately noon on Saturday, Feb. 12, the Whitesburg drinking water plant notified the Kentucky Environmental Response Team (ERT) that several customers had called the plant to…
Whitesburg Consumer Advisory Lifted
The Division of Water has reported that the Whitesburg Consumer Advisory, or No Contact Advisory, has been lifted. Citizens are advised to flush out their pipes by turning on all faucets for 20 minutes to rid pipes of all tainted…
Further Update on the Whitesburg Diesel Spill
Here are more recent stories in the Herald Leader on the Spill. Don Childers makes a statement. http://www.kentucky.com/2011/02/14/1634853/whitesburg-water-remains-unusable.html http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/Whitesburg_still_cannot_use_water_116194669.html http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wuky/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1762704 http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4888421
Updates on the Diesel Spill from the Division of Water
As of 4pm on Monday February 14th 2011, the report by the Division of Water on the diesel Spill in Whitesburg goes as follows; The tests have proven positive for diesel being in the North Fork of the Kentucky River.…
What do the citizens think about this third diesel spill? The writing is on the wall.
“My skin is on fire after taking a shower and I could smell it. If you live in town DO NOT USE THE WATER!” “Diesel has contaminated the Water supply again…. Source has not been determined yet as of this…