Germantown, TN, Suffers Severe Water Crisis Amid Diesel Contamination
Source: WREG News Channel/Youtube
A major crisis has hit the city of Germantown as residents have been left without clean drinking water for over five days. The water reservoir that supplies the city was contaminated with diesel fuel, rendering it unfit for consumption, personal hygiene, and even cooking.
On Thursday, July 20, 2023, city officials discovered a generator leaking diesel fuel into Germantown’s main underground water reservoir, according to ABC24.
Another report suggests an underground pipe carrying water was cracked, exposing the water supply to diesel fuel-tainted soil.
This leak resulted in a complete shutdown of the city’s water supply, as boiling the water would not suffice to eliminate the oil-based contaminant. As a result,
