"Rapid Response Team" Called To Four West Virginia Schools Because Of Water Problems

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A "rapid response team" assembled by the state Department of Education to deal with water issues in schools following last month's chemical leak responded to complaints at four Kanawha County schools Monday.

Grandview Elementary School in North Charleston was the only one of the four schools ordered to close early. Students were dismissed there at 12:15 p.m., after the odor associated with Crude MCHM -- the chemical that spilled from Freedom Industries on Jan. 9 and left about 300,000 West Virginians without potable water for days -- was reported.

Several teachers also complained of headaches, according to Kanawha County Schools Maintenance Director Terry Hollandsworth. Later Monday, state Department of Education officials said in a news release that only two school employees complained of health symptoms, and there were no reports of students displaying symptoms.

The school's faucets were to be flushed again Monday and re-tested for levels of MCHM. School is expected to be in session Tuesday, and the response team will visit as staff arrives, according to the release. The rapid response team -- made up of officials from the health department, the National Guard, the Department of Environmental Protection and local school and emergency personnel -- also inspected John Adams Middle School, Sharon Dawes Elementary School and Alum Creek Elementary School on Monday because of water issues, Hollandsworth said.

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http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201402170041

[DURHAM D]

1. Rachel did a segment on this last night.

The chemicals are not just in the water supply. Something else is going on.

[Champion Jack]

2. I wonder where they will move the capital to once Charleston is declared unsafe to live in

[texanwitch]

3. I am thinking of the pipes.

The pipes maybe to damaged to use again.