Posted on Mar 30, 2023
Chemical spill highlights vulnerability of Philly’s drinking water system
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."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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