Water worries are growing in parts of bucks and montgomery counties. Whats been found in the water and why many are afraid to drink it. Good evening everyone, im jessica dean. Im ukee washington. Chemicals typically found a Fire Fighting foam have been detected in ground water. Several municipal and private wells have been shut down. Reporter trang do is live in horsham where a lot of concerned people packed a Community Meeting to night. Trang . Reporter jess, hundreds of people came out to this meeting to find out just what is in their Drinking Water, and the possibility effects of it. Study linked these chemicals to developmental effects in fetuses and infants and also certain types of cancer. How safe is the Drinking Water in hour stamp, warrington and warminster . Not save enough according to residents. Were actually getting a filter on our house. Fluctuating numbers. We dont want to wait eepa finds its really bad for fetuses. People pack the Community Center to get answers. Whats
Types of cancer. How safe is the Drinking Water in hour stamp, warrington and warminster . Not save enough according to residents. Were actually getting a filter on our house. Fluctuating numbers. We dont want to wait eepa finds its really bad for fetuses. People pack the Community Center to get answers. Whats being done. The chemicals used in Fire Fighting foam are linked to the former naval base and air station in the area. Right now were in the process of identifying where we think the most likely places were it went into the ground water and best places where we can attack the problem and basically treat it. Reporter last week, epa lowered the acceptable levels for pfoa and pfos in ground water through township took eight public wells off line as a result. If you are getting municipal water from warminster, from horsham township or from warrington its safe to drink. I have a bottle of it there and im drinking the water myself. Reporter greg preston is a naval official overseeing th
On satellite you can see the Doppler Radar green on the screen this is pushing offshore with one weather system. Some clouds hang behind and another come moving our way that could bring us some wet weather again tomorrow. Right now, were looking at some light drizzle. Philadelphia pick up an inch of rain. Trenton nearly an inch. About a tenth to. 20 of an inch in read, allen to you. 30 in doylestown nearly three quarters avenue and inch of rain. Now, well have lingering drizzle and fog late tonight. Temperatures are in the 40s. The average high this time of year is 52. So far the temperature made it to 50. Win out of the northeast sustained at 15 miles an hour. In philadelphia 46. 36 in the poconos. 50 degrees in dover. And 45 degrees in trenton. So through this evening, as we dry out somewhat you may be seeing temperatures warm up a degree or two in the wake of the rain. But by tomorrow, well see a few more showers moving back toward the philadelphia area and the Delaware Valley after
Scan3 right now which is showing things are pretty clear for us. Though snow showers moving across western pennsylvania. Theyre starting to fizzle out as they move into the higher terraithere. Cant rule out stray snow shower getting into our far northern suburbs overnight. In the meantime temps dropping. Just barely hanging on to 40 at the philadelphia airport. Its 36 in reading. Its 39 in millville but take a look at how its going to feel at 7 00 oclock tomorrow morning when you wake up. It feels like 23 degrees in philadelphia. Feels like 18 in allentown. It feels like 12 in mount poco pocono. Forty three fred is it a tort your saturday morning and not much better in the afternoon. The good news if youre not fan of the cd not going to last that long. Another warmup a big swing in our seven day forecast. Ill have that for you when i join you inside. Back to you. Kate, see you shor shortly tk you. Police are responding to a bomb threat in boothwyn delaware county. Chopper three is live
Until christmas . Good evening everyone, im jessica dont. Im ukee washington. Boy what a difference a week makes. Last friday we were getting ready for record highs. Meteorologist kate bilo live on the sky deck where its finally feeling like december should and wait until morning right, kate . Just wait until morning. We are going to be waking up to a bit of a slap in the face especially in comparison with what weve been enjoying so far this december. I can tell you i open the door to the sky deck and it was a little bit of a slap in the face. Wind has pick up. Temperatures are really dropping and the winds really going to play a factor play a role in how it feels tomorrow. Heres a quick look at storm scan3 right now which is showing things are pretty clear for us. Though snow showers moving across western pennsylvania. Theyre starting to fizzle out as they move into the higher terrain there. Cant rule out stray snow shower getting into our far northern suburbs overnight. In the meanti