So far this year, there have been seven pipeline ruptures in West Virginia.  The average most years is four.  At fault is an abnormally wet spring, according to this article.

Also pointed out in the article, though this is hardly news to anyone in the industry, is that there are not enough pipeline inspectors in West Virginia.  We have five, and we have roughly 14,000 miles of pipelines.  Each inspector would have to inspect about 7.6 miles of pipeline 365 days a year in order to inspect every pipe once a year.  That’s just not happening.  We could really use a few more inspectors.