Philly just got put on a bottled water alert

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Philadelphia officials advise residents to drink bottled water after a chemical spill in the Delaware River

By Samantha Beech and Danny Freeman, CNN
Updated 2:29 PM EDT, Sun March 26, 2023



CNN — The City of Philadelphia advised area residents on Sunday to drink bottled water “out of caution” after a chemical spill in the Delaware River.

“City of Phila recommends using bottled drinking water from 2PM 3/26/2023 until further notice for all Phila Water Department customers,” according to cell phone push alerts shared with CNN. “Contaminants have not been found in the system at this time but this is out of caution due to a spill in the Delaware River.”

The alert also provided a link to a community website for updates. A ShopRite store in South Philadelphia said it was selling out of bottled water before 2 p.m. Sunday after the alerts were sent out.

When the store is able to restock shelves, it plans to limit cases of bottled water to three per customer, a store worker told CNN.

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https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/26/us/delaware-river-chemical-spill-philadelphia/index.html