Workers scramble to plug leak at Bucks water plant
A 9,000-gallon chemical storage tank at a Bucks County water treatment plant sprang a leak Thursday morning but the chemical was quickly contained by a county hazardous materials team, officials said.
A 9,000-gallon chemical storage tank at a Bucks County water treatment plant sprang a leak Thursday morning but the chemical was quickly contained by a county hazardous materials team, officials said.
The leak of ferric chloride, a chemical used to treat water, was at the Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority plant in Levittown, said county spokeswoman Juliet Kelchner.
The chemical did not "go into the environment" and there was no concern about the health of people nearby, Kelchner said.
Steady but not gushing, the leak came out of a valve at the bottom of the tank, Kelchner said.
"The good news is, there have been no injuries and they're not evacuating anyone from the surrounding area," she said.
The cause had not been determined Thursday.
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