Tips For Living In West Virginia During The Water Crisis

A chemical leak into the Elk River has forced more than 300,000 customers to find alternative means of bathing, drinking, brushing teeth, and washing dishes or clothes. Aside from the usual brushing your teeth with bottled water, here are some ideas that may help.

Rainwater Collection

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Rainwater can be collected, filtered by cloth, and boiled to make water that is suitable for pets or even washing clothes.

Running out of Clean Clothes? Bathtub Laundry may be an option.

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Bottled/Distilled Water + Your Favorite Detergent = Clean Clothes.

But if you're not into roughing it, you've got a couple of other options.

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Driving to the nearest clean-water town and taking advantage of their laundromats.

Feelin' Dirty?

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A baby wipe bath may help.

Finding a generous friend/family member with clean water can help too!

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Despite the headaches (Figurative and Literal) , West Virginia has proven that we can come together during a crisis to help our neighbors.

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To all of the people who are donating their time, travel, water & other resources to help out our residents in our time of need, we say THANK YOU!