'We are notifying the public … that they may wish not to drink or cook with tap water,' Philadelphia officials said Sunday. Here's what we know so far.
Philadelphia residents may want to drink and cook with bottled water, city officials said on Sunday, after a chemical spill in the Delaware River late Friday.
“Philadelphia Water Department customers in the city are recommended to use bottled drinking water beginning at 2:00 p.m. today until further notice out of an abundance of caution,” the city said Sunday, as reported by the local ABC affiliate. “‘We are notifying the public in the customer service area that they may wish not to drink or cook with tap water.’”
This is because “we cannot be 100% sure that there won’t be traces of these chemicals in the water throughout the afternoon,” he said earlier on Sunday. “We want the public to be aware so that people can consider switching to bottled water to further minimize any risk.”The Coast Guard estimated about 8,100 gallons of this latex finishing material was released when a pipe burst at Trinseo, a chemical plant in Bristol, as reported by the local NBC affiliate.
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