After reading about this disaster I'm just heart broken. It's so sad to think that one incident can impact an entire area and impact so many people for so long. That river will never be the same and there is nothing anyone can do now but wait and hope that someday, things might be better. But now all those people are without water and work. Generations of fisherman can't fish there. Fish isn't safe to eat. It's beyond sad.

this is so gross! Can you imagine living in a place where you can't drink the water because its basically mud? Those poor people. I hope that they get it fixed. It is nice they're getting compensated some though. $400 plus $80 for each dependent is pretty good, but of course I don't know how much they bring in normally so it could be bad,

I really feel for the people who depend on that river for their livilihood. it seems like real lasting and permanent damage has been caused, and people don't really know what to do about it or do next. The confusion that remains is awful. It sounds like a lot of people's fishing careers will never before restored with the river the way it is now.

This was pretty sad.  It is easy to take for granted the fact that we have clean and safe water to drink and bathe with on a daily basis.  These people were struggling and didn't even have that noe basic thing.  I can't imagine living somewhere where I didn't feel like I had clean and safe water.  I don't drink the tap water here but I know I can buy it in a store and drink that safely.  It sounded like these people didn't even have that option and it was totally unfair to them.