Delaware water safe from Philadelphia-area chemical spill into Delaware River: Officials
Delaware residents should not be affected by a chemical spill in Philadelphia that left portions of the Delaware River polluted, officials said Mon...
Delaware residents should not be affected by a chemical spill in Philadelphia that left portions of the Delaware River polluted, officials said Monday. Approximately 8,100 gallons of latex finishing material, a water-soluble acrylic polymer solution, was spilled into Otter Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, just before midnight on Friday, March 24, with the Coast Guard estimating as many as 12,000 gallons were released, according to Philadelphia Water Department. The cause for the spill was a pipe rupture at the Altuglas plant in Bristol Township that spilled the hazardous liquid into a storm sewer, the company confirmed to WHYY News.