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Climate Change Could Threaten Philly’s Future Water Supply

Marshland on the shore of the Delaware River south of the Samuel S. Baxter Water Treatment Plant in Philadelphia.
Kimberly Paynter
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WHYY
Marshland on the shore of the Delaware River south of the Samuel S. Baxter Water Treatment Plant in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia dodged a threat to its drinking water from a chemical spill. But Sophia Schmidt of WHYY’s PlanPhilly reports there’s a longer-term risk to the city’s water supply: climate change.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 4/7/23)

Sophia Schmidt is a Delaware native, and covers the environment for WHYY’s PlanPhilly. Before coming to Philadelphia in 2021, Sophia reported on her home state of Delaware for Delaware Public Media and produced interviews for NPR’s “Weekend Edition.” Sophia was a 2021 Metcalf Fellow.