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A member of West Virginia National Guard’s chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive enhanced response force package draws a water sample to determine the levels of contamination remaining in the local water supply during Operation Elk River Spill in the Kanawha Valley, W. Va., Jan. 11, 2014.

WATER SAMPLE

A member of West Virginia National Guard’s chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive enhanced response force package draws a water sample to determine the levels of contamination remaining in the local water supply during Operation Elk River Spill in the Kanawha Valley, W. Va., Jan. 11, 2014.

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