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Photos: West Virginians struggle without water

January 13, 2014 2:30PM ET

Frustration is mounting for many of the 300,000 West Virginia residents who've gone days without clean tap water

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Bonnie Wireman of Dry Branch, W.Va., sits in her home with water she has collected. The ban on drinking and washing with tap water has had a substantial impact on her family, she said. Michael Switzer/AP
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Wireman has covered her kitchen faucet with a bag because she kept forgetting about the ban on using tap water for drinking and washing. She is one of thousands of area residents affected by the water ban following the chemical spill Thursday. Michael Switzer/AP
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People wait in line for water from a 7,500-gallon tanker truck brought in from Washington, Pa. Craig Cunningham/The Daily Mail/AP
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South Charleston Public Works employees assist residents with bottled water. Michael Switzer/AP
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Residents in Charleston, W.Va., at a distribution center to load up on bottled water. Michael Switzer/AP
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West Virginia American Water customers line up for water after waiting hours for a water truck, only to have it emptied in about 20 minutes. Tom Hindman/Getty Images
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Cathy Mabe of Spring Hill, W.Va., makes use of a couple of watering cans to carry water at a bring-your-own-containers water filling station in South Charleston. Lisa Hechesky/Reuters