Uwchlan residents discuss Mariner East 2 pipeline, water contamination.
“Is this water going to make me sick?” she asked, while taking a close look at her water bottle, outside Tuesday’s meeting where three dozen residents discussed the Sunoco Mariner East 2 pipeline, which will weave 23 miles through Chester County.
Sunoco fouled the water supply for more than a dozen private water wells in Uwchlan and West Whiteland townships last week while digging for the pipeline.
Some well water users experienced sediment and mud flowing from the taps and others a loss of water pressure.
Sunoco dropped off more than 700 bottles of drinking water at the Mano household.
Is our house going to fall into a giant cavern and fall into the aquifer?” Because of the well, Mano doesn’t pay a monthly water bill.
He said that neighbors with public water are charged $75 to $150 per month.
“I don’t know if (Sunoco) will pay the water bill,” he said.
Benjamin Eckert of Valley View Drive is a neighbor to Mano.
West Whiteland Township Manager Mimi Gleason said Wednesday afternoon that while testing is not yet complete, both well water and Aqua public water have tested as safe.