The traumatized “demand touch of the jet fuel pipeline after drinking water, which is contaminated

Upper Makefield Twp., Pa. (WPVI) – A municipality in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is outraged by contaminated drinking water and supported by local, state and federal legislators to close a jet -fuel pipeline for further investigations.

The Sunoco Twin Oak-Newk-Pipeline is operated by energy transfer and extends over more than 100 miles from Philadelphia to Newark, New Jersey.

Several Washington Crossing residents in Upper Makefield Township stated that they smell gasoline and taste in their fountain water and cook and drink with water in bottles.

“We are a little traumatized.” As soon as you get gasoline from your tap, you won't drink it again. “

The residents created a community group and received more than 1,200 signatures for a petition from change.org for the decommissioning of the pipeline. They also held regular meetings to express and document their concerns.

The energy transmission confirmed a leak last month, but the residents said they had reported the problem since 2023.

The pipeline was briefly down, but is now back into operation.

Wojnovich said their worst fears were confirmed when pipeline inspectors opened several fountains in their neighborhood.

“You opened it as two weeks ago. At the top of the borehole that has gathered there since 2023, there were more than 12 feet,” said Wojnovich.

The residents call for better leak detection technology on the approximately 70 -year -old pipeline.

“I feel like this pipeline, it runs through several counties, is not safe,” said Wojnovich. “You have it two days after the repair without knowing whether there are other leaks and there is no way to know for you whether there are other leaks. They said themselves.”

The officers of the energy transmission were under fire at a parish meeting on Thursday evening in Newtown to answer questions about the company's reaction.

“The company is making this investigation ahead to try to receive these answers,” said Joe McGinn, representative of energy transmission.

Action News has learned that the agency with the authority to close it is the pipeline and hazardous materials Safety Administration (PhMSA), which is under the US Transport Ministry.

MEP Brian Fitzpatrick, Senator John Fetterman and the legislators of the state have written letters to PhMSA to temporarily close the pipeline until the full extent of the leak can be determined.