Elk River--Will It Live?

Living Waters 
Or
4-methylcyclohexane methanol

That's what leaked into the Elk River in West Virginia, contaminating water for an estimated 300,000 people--the chemical is used to wash coal, can be an irritant to the eyes and skin and harmful if swallowed. The spill came from a leaking tower, which despite provisions to prevent further leakage--still leaked and ran into the Elk River.  The saving grace is that the amount was small and the water sufficient to dilute it.  Nevertheless, the environment and these residents take it on the chin for what was supposed to further the coal industry.  Barbara Tuchman, 2x Pulitzer Prize Winner, wrote in The March of Folly that there is no extent to which modern people will not pursue courses of action that work against their own best interests.  

Fishing the Elk River

Jesus answered her, 

‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 

“Give me a drink,” you would have asked him, 

and he would have given you living water.’ 

John 4:10