Philadelphia’s water is safe to drink until at least 3:30 pm Tuesday.
that flowed into the Delaware River last week from a manufacturing facility in Bristol, Philadelphia officials said during a news conference late Monday.Meanwhile,
the city continues to test the water in and around its Delaware River treatment plant, and has seen no evidence contamination from the chemical spill has harmed the river, like causing fish kills, said Mike Carroll, the city's deputy managing director for transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability.. That amounts to one gallon per person per day.
The city is working on an emergency water distribution plan in the event it’s needed, which would focus on the most “vulnerable populations,” Carroll said.The chemical spill could affect water treated at the Baxter Drinking Water Treatment Plant, which takes water from the Delaware and serves about 58% of the city.
Philly’s two other treatment plants draw water from the Schuylkill River, which are not capable of supplying water to the areas supplied by the Delaware River plant, Carroll said.
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