Va., US tests find municipal waters 'acceptable'

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State environmental officials are reviewing the dozen coal ash ponds in Virginia following a massive spill along the Dan River in North Carolina as water quality tests concluded Tuesday treatment plants are effectively removing toxins from public water supplies in Danville and South Boston.

The state Department of Environmental Quality, which is coordinating Virginia’s response to the spill, has found no evidence of fish kills or other obvious environmental consequences from the spill about 20 miles upriver from Danville and is taking a longer view on problems that could emerge.