Daily News | Can you give your pet seltzer? Is it safe to bathe? Answering your questions about possible water contamination in Philadelphia
, Charles Haas, an environmental engineering professor at Drexel University, said that the chemical would be significantly diluted within the millions of gallons of water in the Delaware River — making his level of concern “fairly low,” even if the water is found to be contaminated. Haas also pointed to
Philly’s Baxter Water Treatment Plant’s ability to shut off the intake of water from the Delaware RiverAdditionally, Drexel University’s Arthur Frank, an environmental public health physician and professor, said there are no long-lasting effects of this chemical in Philly’s water supply. “Even if the city detected a small amount that’s been diluted, there won’t be any expected toxic effects to anybody who might drink this,” said Frank. “I got asked earlier if I would drink Philly tap water today, and the answer I gave was, ‘Yes.’”
While Frank believes this spill won’t result in any immediate issues to the water supply, emergencies like this one and the are causes for a serious look into the funding of public health and water infrastructure, “This is just another example of how ill-prepared we are for what will be these inevitable public health emergencies,” said Frank.
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