Charleston resident Augustine Mason (right) hugs Clean Water Hub volunteer and point person Kim Thompson in front of Mason's house on Thompson St. after receiving 12 gallons of drinking water. Thompson is point person for the Clean Water Hub in Charleston, WV, an organization formed to deliver donated water and supplies to people needing safe drinking water after the Elk River chemical spill Jan. 9.

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