Philadelphia residents rushed to their local grocery stores to stock up on bottled water following an advisory issued Sunday due to a chemical spill in the Delaware River.
late Friday at the Trinseo Altuglas chemical facility in Bristol Township, just upstream of the Baxter Treatment Plant that provides drinking water for 975,000 Philadelphia customersOfficials stated between 8,100 and 12,000 gallons of a water-based latex finishing solution leaked into the Delaware River.
A sign on the front door of a Walgreens in Center City located in Philadelphia March 26, 2023. Water in Philadelphia has been deemed unsafe to drink following a chemical spill in the Delaware River, leading to water bottles being sold out across the city.along with officials from the DEP and Philadelphia OEM performed a flyover in the area where evidence of the spill was expected to be found but reported no visual evidence of a spill.
Children play along the Delaware River where a stop sign has been placed in the water at Penn Treaty Park in Philadelphia March 26, 2023. "At this time, no contaminants have been found in our tap water system. Out of an abundance of caution, residents in the impacted areas may want to switch to bottled water," the department advised.
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