The Ambridge Water Authority board of directors released a statement Wednesday afternoon stating that the planned route of the 97-mile Shell pipeline won’t cross the Ambridge Reservoir at any location, but is projected to cross three streams in the watershed that directly flow into the reservoir and will “intersect at some point with our raw water line from our reservoir to our plant.” The statement made clear that the Ambridge Reservoir is “our only source of raw water.” As such, “we value it incredibly, and we will do everything in our power to protect it,” the board said.

“This is not acceptable to us, and we will do everything in our power to try and have the pipeline relocated outside of our watershed and away from our main, and only, raw water line,” the statement read. “It is very unsettling and honestly dangerous to imagine this pipeline being constructed as it has been proposed.” The statement also made clear that the water authority did not grant easements or enter into any kind of agreement with Shell Pipeline regarding the Falcon’s route.