Amid this widespread pain , a number of local , state and federal authorities have announced they 're launching investigations intent on getting to the bottom of what happened and holding people , agencies and companies responsible for the spill and possible issues in the response . NEW : More people are told they can use water ; more than 180,000 still under ` ` do not use '' order . A state legislator says ` ` there will definitely be a change '' after last week 's chemical spill . Thousands of gallons of a compound used to burn were poured into the Elk River . ` ` This whole turn of events is unacceptable , '' lawmaker says .
NEW : More people are told they can use water ; more than 180,000 still under ` ` do not use '' order . A state legislator says ` ` there will definitely be a change '' after last week 's chemical spill . Thousands of gallons of a compound used to burn were poured into the Elk River . ` ` This whole turn of events is unacceptable , '' lawmaker says .