SKCP news, March 31th - April 6th
South Kensington Community Partners
Philly Spring Cleanup has been POSTPONED to 4/15
Due to the forecasted rain this Saturday the 2023 Philly Spring Cleanup event is being postponed to Saturday, April 15, 2023.
SKCP Home Base will be the Rain Garden at the corner of N American and Master Streets
We will be there at 10 am with bags and tools (to keep or return), coffee and treats, and a list of clean up sites and trash pick-up sites.
Let us know if you and your neighbors want to clean up the block or another location. Call us at 215-427-3463 or send an email to info@southkensingtoncommunity.org
Philly officials say the water is safe. How do we know that?
More than 100 samples of water have been taken in 12 locations in the river, outside the plant, and in the raw water storage basin. On Tuesday evening, the city of Philadelphia gave its residents the all clear to drink their tap water, after more than an estimated 8,000 gallons of a water-based latex finishing solution spilled from the Trinseo Altuglas plant in Bristol, Pa. into the Delaware River late Friday night.
Much of the chemical mixture settled in a containment pond, but rainfall contributed to the milky white liquid spilling into the stormwater system, and eventually the Delaware River. By early Sunday evening, the discharge had halted. Clean up continues at the site, but any danger to drinking water systems has passed.
Read Full Story via WHYY