[MNC-list] Fw: Update: Water Dept says drinking water from the Baxter Plant safe to drink through 11:59pm Monday night

[Kevin Smith]

This update appears to say that there is no current contamination and that should there be any contamination reaching the Philadelphia water system it won't be until Tuesday (midnight Monday).

As before, according to their map at https://phillyh2o.info/spill-map, Manayunk and most of Roxborough will not be affected.

From: ReadyPhiladelphia <noreply at everbridge.net>
To: "usgsalert at shady.com" <usgsalert at shady.com>
Subject: Update: Water Dept says drinking water from the Baxter Plant safe  to drink through 11:59pm Monday night
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2023 21:07:42 +0000 (UTC)

Update: Water Dept says drinking water from the Baxter Plant safe to drink through 11:59pm Monday night
This is a message from ReadyPhiladelphia.

Based on updated hydraulic modeling and the latest sampling results and data, the Philadelphia Water Department is now confident tap water from the Baxter Drinking Water Treatment Plant will remain safe to drink and use at least through 11:59 p.m. Monday, March 27, 2023.
There is no need to buy water at this time. Customers can fill bottles or pitchers with tap water with no risk at this time.  We will provide a media update at approximately 5 p.m. today, Sunday, March 26, 2023
This updated time is based on the time it will take river water that entered the Baxter intakes early Sunday morning to move through treatment and water mains before reaching customers.
The water that is currently available to customers was treated before the spill reached Philadelphia and remains safe to drink and use for bathing, cooking, and washing. 
The earlier advisory that customers receiving water from the Baxter Drinking Water Treatment Plant may choose to drink bottled water on March 26 was issued out of an abundance of caution. Testing has not shown the presence of water impacted by the spill in the Baxter system at this time. 
We will continue to share updates as more information becomes available through sampling and monitoring of river conditions.
The Philadelphia Water Department’s Tidal Spill Model Tool is being used to track contaminant plume movement and inform when the chemical spill will no longer impact the Philadelphia drinking water intakes.
 
Customers can use this map to view areas that could potentially be impacted by the spill: https://phillyh2o.info/spill-map