State Senate Majority Leader John Unger said he has heard from officials in other states who watched West Virginia through the recent water emergency.

Unger (D-Berkeley) said he was in a meeting two weeks ago where elected leaders from several states discussed the legislative response centered on SB 373, which was signed into law by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.

“Many of them are now pointing to West Virginia where they’re passing stricter water resource protection acts in their respective states,” Unger said. “Senate Bill 373 has been a model in which they’ve looked at.”

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