Article 4YFS5 'We can't live like this': residents say a corrupt pipeline project is making them sick

'We can't live like this': residents say a corrupt pipeline project is making them sick

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Nina Lakhani in Delaware county, Pennsylvania
from Environment | The Guardian on (#4YFS5)

A community in Pennsylvania says clay-colored water appeared during a drilling mud spill, but the pipeline company insists it's not to blame

Every evening, Erica and Jon Tarr load up their car with towels, toiletries and dirty dishes, before driving their two-year-old daughter to a relative's home to bathe, wash up and eat a meal cooked in clean water.

The Tarrs, who moved into their spacious detached home in semi-rural Pennsylvania last April, have relied upon bottled water and family generosity since June, when their crystalline tap water first turned murky.

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