YEAH. OVERALL, THESE PELOSI RESIDENTS HAVE LONG BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTAINMENT THAT WELL, WATER AFTER THAT DERAILMENT. WELL, TODAY WE FINALLY SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY AND THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY’RE DEALING WITH CONTAMINATION RIGHT NOW. RUSSELL MURPHY TAKES PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 INTO HIS BASEMENT. HE SHOWS WHERE HIS WELL WATER IS FILTERED BEFORE IT’S USED. HE SAYS THIS IS WHERE HIS WORST FEAR WAS CONFIRMED. AND I NOTICED AN ODOR. IN IT. I WANTED TO I DIDN’T WANT TO NOTICE THAT AN ODOR. ODOR. MURPHY SAYS IT’S THE SAME STRONG ODOR THAT EMERGED FROM LESLIE RUN CREEK AND SULFUR CREEK, WHERE HUNDREDS OF DEAD FISH TURNED UP. BOTH TOOK OUT CHEMICALS AFTER THE TRAIN DERAILMENT. BOTH FEED INTO RESIDENTIAL WELLS. PICKED IT UP OUT OF THE CANISTER, PULLED THE BUCKET OVER TO MY NOSE, AND I SMELLED IT. AND I SMELL WHAT I SMELL. AT LESLIE, RUN THAT CHEMICAL ODOR. THAT’S THAT’S THAT’S IN THE WATER. SO, OF COURSE, MY HEART SANK. I’M FREAKING OUT. I START TO SHAKE. COLUMBIA AND THE COUNTY’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS ACTIVELY TESTING RESIDENTIAL WELLS AT THE REQUEST OF HOMEOWNERS. MURPHY’S FAMILY WAS ON THE WAITING LIST AND TWO PARTIES ARRIVED AT HIS HOUSE YESTERDAY TO TEST HIS WARM WATER. TAKING THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT SAMPLES, ONE IS THE COLUMBIA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER IS AECOM, A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY NORFOLK SOUTHERN. THEY ARE COMPARING TEST AND THEY’RE MAKING SURE ONE IS NOT GETTING DOCTORED. SO THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NO. ONE TEST E COMMERCE DOING THEIR TEST. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY PUT THEIR RESULTS TOGETHER. CHECKS AND BALANCES. YES. YEAH. AND TONIGHT, THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TELLS US IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 7 DAYS FOR TEST RESULTS TO RETURN. REPORTING LIVE FRO
East Palestine resident concerned about well water odor following train derailment
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Updated: 9:01 PM EST Feb 20, 2023
East Palestine residents have been considered about the possibility of water contamination following the Feb. 3 train derailment. One family is certain they are dealing with contamination. Russell Murphy took Pittsburgh's Action News 4 into his basement, showing us where his well water is filtered before it's used. Here, he says, his worse fear was confirmed."I noticed an odor," Murphy said. "I didn't want to notice that odor." Murphy says it's the same strong odor that emerged from Lesley Run Creek and Sulfur Creek where hundreds of dead fish turned up. Both took on chemicals after the train derailment. Both feed into residential wells.Murphy said he picked up the water "out of the canister, pulled it over to my nose, and I smelled it. I smelled what I smelled at Lesley Run, that chemical odor that's in the water. Of course, my heart sank, I'm freaking out, I start to shake." Columbiana County's health department says it is actively testing residential wells at the request of homeowners. Murphy's family was on the waiting list and two parties arrived at his house Sunday to test the well water. One is the Columbiana County Health Department and the other is AECOM, a contractor hired by Norfolk Southern. Today’s top headlines: Central Catholic student charged after sending AirDrop that detained flight on Texas field trip Youth curfew at The Waterfront now underway Here are the details for the health clinic opening in East Palestine"They are comparing tests and they're making sure one is not getting doctored," Murphy said. "Columbiana County is doing one test, AECOM is doing their test, and then, of course, they put those results together."Columbiana County's health department says it takes anywhere from five to seven days to get results back.On Monday, Norfolk Southern confirmed to Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that its CEO would not be attending an upcoming Pennsylvania state Senate hearing in Beaver County on the derailment.
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — East Palestine residents have been considered about the possibility of water contamination following the Feb. 3 train derailment. One family is certain they are dealing with contamination.
Russell Murphy took Pittsburgh's Action News 4 into his basement, showing us where his well water is filtered before it's used. Here, he says, his worse fear was confirmed.
"I noticed an odor," Murphy said. "I didn't want to notice that odor."
Murphy says it's the same strong odor that emerged from Lesley Run Creek and Sulfur Creek where hundreds of dead fish turned up.
Both took on chemicals after the train derailment. Both feed into residential wells.
Murphy said he picked up the water "out of the canister, pulled it over to my nose, and I smelled it. I smelled what I smelled at Lesley Run, that chemical odor that's in the water. Of course, my heart sank, I'm freaking out, I start to shake."
Columbiana County's health department says it is actively testing residential wells at the request of homeowners.
Murphy's family was on the waiting list and two parties arrived at his house Sunday to test the well water. One is the Columbiana County Health Department and the other is AECOM, a contractor hired by Norfolk Southern.
"They are comparing tests and they're making sure one is not getting doctored," Murphy said. "Columbiana County is doing one test, AECOM is doing their test, and then, of course, they put those results together."
Columbiana County's health department says it takes anywhere from five to seven days to get results back.
On Monday, Norfolk Southern confirmed to Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that its CEO would not be attending an upcoming Pennsylvania state Senate hearing in Beaver County on the derailment.
