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Mar 27, 2023 · Two other city treatment plants get water from the Schuylkill River, which is not affected by the spill.
Mar 28, 2023 · But areas south of Broad get a mix of water from the Baxter and Queen Lane plants. Most of Northwest and West Philadelphia would be safe because they draw strictly from intakes on the Schuylkill, which was not impacted by the spill.
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Mar 27, 2023 · What to Know. Philadelphia gets its water from the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Since a recent chemical spill occurred in a tributary the Delaware River, neighborhoods that get their water...
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Who’s potentially affected? If the Water Department were to detect contamination from the chemical spill in the water system, only areas of the city east of the Schuylkill River — excluding part of Northwest Philly — would lose access to clean tap water, according to the city.
Mar 27, 2023 · All Philadelphia neighborhoods east of the Schuylkill could have been impacted, per a map released by the city on Sunday afternoon. The areas of the city that would not have been impacted by the chemical spill include Southwest and West Philly, plus parts of Northwest Philly, like Roxborough and Chestnut Hill.
Mar 26, 2023 · Neighborhoods west of the Schuylkill along with parts of Northwest Philadelphia, draw their drinking water supply from the Schuylkill, not the Delaware. The water department has released a map showing the potentially impacted areas.
Mar 26, 2023 · The only areas not potentially impacted, per the map, are Southwest Philly, West Philly, and neighborhoods in upper Northwest Philly, like Roxborough and Chestnut Hill....
