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Podcast: Inside Appalachia
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Beneath the Surface — Drinking Water Inside Appalachia
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:53:17
Publish Date: 2019-05-03 12:45:39
Description: For many families in parts of eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia, the absence of clean, reliable drinking water is part of daily life. Blaine Taylor, a 17-year-old resident of Martin County, Kentucky, struggles to manage basic hygiene when his water comes out with sediment in it. “I had to use a case of water last night just to get enough water in my bathtub just to get myself cleaned up for today at school,” he said. “It’s rough.”
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