Pipeline Drilling Creating Issues With Well Water In Chester County.
WEST WHITELAND, Pa. (CBS)–Some residents in Chester County are dealing with brown water flowing into their homes, and some have lost their well water completely.
They blame a pipeline Sunoco is digging beneath their properties.
“They should have contacted us two weeks ago when they knew they poked a hole in the well.” Mano said after neighbors began complaining earlier this week, Sunoco began offering bottled water and hotel rooms.
She said Sunoco is being encouraged to pay to hook up everyone to city water following this situation.
Some like Debbie Cindric, who spent a night in a hotel room, defended the company.
Mano is sending his well water out for private testing because he feels Sunoco is not being upfront about the situation.
A spokesman for Sunoco said in a statement that the company is investigating and testing local well water: “Sunoco Pipeline is working with a number of residents in the Exton (Chester County) area to resolve private water well water issues that appear to be related to nearby construction on the Mariner East 2 pipeline.
Approximately 12 households on Township Line Road and Valley View Drive, mostly in West Whiteland Township but also in Uwchlan Township, reported either losing water pressure or experiencing cloudy water beginning on Monday.
Crews have been working on a horizontal directional drill between West Whiteland and Uwchlan as part of the pipeline construction.