Posted on Mar 30, 2023
Chemical spill highlights vulnerability of Philly’s drinking water system
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Amid the chaos that unfolded in Philadelphia this past week — with thousands of gallons of chemicals spilled into a tributary of the Delaware River, supermarket shelves cleared of bottled water, and round-the-clock water sampling — Philadelphia Water Department officials knew one thing: They’d be unable to switch to a clean water source to serve much of the city if a key water treatment plant became contaminated.
Friday’s chemical spill in Bristol, Pennsylvania, is the latest in a series of disasters — including the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio — that underscore the need for infrastructure investments, said Kelly Good, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Villanova University.
Friday’s chemical spill in Bristol, Pennsylvania, is the latest in a series of disasters — including the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio — that underscore the need for infrastructure investments, said Kelly Good, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Villanova University.
Chemical spill highlights vulnerability of Philly’s drinking water system
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..."The city’s 25-year Water Revitalization Plan includes several projects that, together, would allow the Water Department to serve the entire city with water from just the Schuylkill River or just the Delaware River, indefinitely, Rademaekers said. These include upgrades to the Belmont Water Treatment Plant to increase treatment capacity, upgrades to the Queen Lane Water Treatment Plant, building a new pipe across the Schuylkill River to connect these two plants, as well as transmission piping in North Philadelphia and Fox Chase.
The first of these projects scheduled for construction is the connection between the two Schuylkill River plants, which Rademaekers said will kick off by early 2026 and be funded with a low-interest loan through the EPA. In total, the plan would cost around $2.5 billion to implement. It does not specify when exactly the other projects would be built."
..."The city’s 25-year Water Revitalization Plan includes several projects that, together, would allow the Water Department to serve the entire city with water from just the Schuylkill River or just the Delaware River, indefinitely, Rademaekers said. These include upgrades to the Belmont Water Treatment Plant to increase treatment capacity, upgrades to the Queen Lane Water Treatment Plant, building a new pipe across the Schuylkill River to connect these two plants, as well as transmission piping in North Philadelphia and Fox Chase.
The first of these projects scheduled for construction is the connection between the two Schuylkill River plants, which Rademaekers said will kick off by early 2026 and be funded with a low-interest loan through the EPA. In total, the plan would cost around $2.5 billion to implement. It does not specify when exactly the other projects would be built."
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