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Last week, public health officials offered up a warning to stay out of the Schuylkill River and Wissahickon Creek after they found some fish dead there for unexplained reasons. Eventually, everything was cleared up, though, and we were allowed to swim again in the Schuylkill — although I’m not sure why we’d want to — although the Wissahickon remained closed.
That’s probably a good thing, then, since last night 55 thousand gallons of raw sewage was accidentally poured into the creek because of a power outage. Uh, what? The article says there was a power outage, then the backup generator failed, and somehow that led to raw (or partially-treated) sewage to go flyin’ into the ol’ creek.
But, it gets better: Lab tests discovered it was cyanide compounds that killed over 1,000 fish last week.
And the source is still unclear. At this point, I think a bath sounds pretty dangerous. (Although drinking water is said to be unharmed. Phew.)
New Warnings About Wissahickon Creek [6 ABC]
June 16: Officials: Stay Out Of The Schuylkill (Even Moreso This Time)
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