West Virginia water scandal/crisis - seriously?

(CNN) -- Sixteen tractor-trailers carrying bottled water began to arrive Saturday in West Virginia, where some 300,000 residents of nine counties have been told not to drink their tap water.

The Department of Homeland Security shipped the potable water to distribution centers in and around Charleston, and residents began stocking up Saturday at a number of locations.

But they offered no timeline for when calmer, clean waters would prevail.
"We're just not sure exactly how long it's going to take before it's acceptable to lift the do-not-drink ban," Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin told CNN on Friday night. He described the situation in the counties where the ban is in place as "pretty bad," for residents who were told their water was good for nothing but flushing toilets; and for schools, restaurants, hotels and other businesses forced to close.
The amount of chemical that has caused the big stink dropped Friday, but not enough for authorities to lift their advisory not to drink, cook or bathe with it.

Full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/11/us/west-virginia-contaminated-water/