Philadelphia residents can enjoy tap water until 3:30 p.m. Tuesday after a spill in the Delaware River, according to the Philadelphia Water Treatment Plant

Philadelphia residents can continue to use and drink the city’s tap water until at least 3:30 p.m. local time Tuesday following a chemical spill in the Delaware River, according to officials.

The water supply is safe to use until at least 4:00pm Tuesday, according to city officials. About 40 water quality tests conducted as of Monday afternoon showed no indication of contamination, Michael Carroll, the city’s deputy managing director for transportation, infrastructure and sustainability, said.

“Right now, I feel like it’s like a race. resident Karina Medina told CNN that first come, first serve. “It’s sad because everybody needs the water, and right now, I’m on my mission for water.”

Resident Gerald Brown told CNN he’s still buying water from the store as a precaution, saying, “You just can’t take any chances nowadays. You have to take care of your family. You need to be sure.

An estimated 8,100 gallons of the chemical solution was released into the Delaware River late Friday night just a few miles upstream of a key water intake for Philadelphia’s Baxter Water Treatment Plant. The owner said the spill was the result of an equipment failure at the plant.

At least one of the leaked chemicals, butyl acrylate, is among the contaminants of concern identified in last month’s derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio.

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Joe Sole told CNN that the experience of East Palestine residents made him more wary of relying on officials’ statements.

Some residents of PhilideLPhia do not receive water from the plant. The city says the spill did not affect the two other treatment facilities that are fed by the river.

The first advisory was out of an abundance of caution, according to officials. But some residents felt that the quickly-changing information eroded their confidence in Philadelphia officials’ handling of the incident.

Sole, the Philadelphia resident, said that they sounded like they didn’t know what they were talking about. “They don’t sound confident in what they’re telling us.”

The communication has been done in a way that is transparent and safe to make sure the people are okay.

“We understand the legitimate concern that is felt by the public as the release of chemicals into our waterways can pose a major threat to our health and safety,” the mayor said in a statement.

While conducting patrols along the Delaware River Sunday, the agency didn’t see any signs of the leaked product, as officials have described it.

“Because the material is highly water soluble, and the release coincided with a period of rainfall, the material dissipated quickly in the water,” the company said in a release.

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The facility, which halted its operations following the spill, plans to partially resume production “within the next several days” before returning to full production soon after, the release said.

During a news conference Monday afternoon, Michael Carroll — the city’s deputy managing director for transportation, infrastructure and sustainability — told reporters that the city’s water quality is continuously being tested around the clock.

The city’s water department said it has “analyzed a variety of samples from the river and raw water basin using infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography.”

Half the city of 1.5 million people appeared to be potentially affected, according to a map released by Philadelphia.

New Jersey American Water said that it had not impacted the drinking water in New Jersey because of the chemical spill on the Delaware River.

Some Philadelphians criticized the mixed messaging from public officials on Sunday, while others found humor in the situation, poking fun at how some Philly natives pronounce the word water — wooder.