Philly’s Tap Water Has a Trust Problem. Did the Recent Contamination Scare Make It Worse?

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Customers exit a Shop Rite in Philadelphia with cases of bottled water.
Kimberly Paynter

Even before a chemical spill on the Delaware River threatened to contaminate part of Philadelphia’s drinking water this spring — many people did not trust the city’s water.

Sophia Schmidt of WHYY’s PlanPhilly reports some worry the incident will reinforce this.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 5/12/23)

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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.