A rolling collection of stories, tips, and news powered by the people of the Philadelphia Water Department.
We're ending Infrastructure Week with a look at our green projects and sharing a short animation that tells the story of how Philly rivers lost wildlife like otters - and how we're getting 'em back....
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A sort of campus that serves as a state-of-the-art training and operations hub for the City’s sewer infrastructure workforce, the project cost approximately $17 million to build....
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It's Infrastructure Week 2019. We’re joining the campaign to highlight the stuff that keeps our city running and starting off with some big news: Mayor Kenney just announced the next Philadelphia Water Department Commissioner....
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Pride in Philly tap won over more than few skeptics as over 200 people had a pour our top-quality local drinking water during the pop-up's debut....
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Distinct demographic groups buy pricey, pollution-intense bottled water at high rates. Philly Water Bar takes brings this super drink into a setting where fact-based conversations can bubble up....
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City of Philadelphia Deputy Managing Director Michael Carroll appoints PWD's Sarah Stevenson as Acting Commissioner....
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Call us crazy, but we think we can help beat the 18,000+ pounds collected by volunteers during last year's big Darby-Cobbs Creek Cleanup. We’ll be leading one of the 38 sites targeting 126 miles of streams on Saturday, April 13th....
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One the biggest voices on local airwaves just earned himself the title of Honorary Tap Water Ambassador and an open invite to bartend at the Philly Water Bar, which debuts April 24 in the City Hall Courtyard....
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Philadelphia’s top-quality, affordable drinking water will be the star at the kick off for our Philly Water Bar pop-up, set for noon in the City Hall Courtyard on April 24....
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From a cost perspective, rain gardens are a super bargain given their super ability to soak up your property’s stormwater runoff: most participants pay less than $400 for their finished garden's construction, plants and planting....
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While most Philadelphia students were heading home early due a heat wave this past Tuesday, four 11th grade students from Mariana Bracetti Academy were busy suiting up in full-body chest waders, a ...
In Philadelphia, we're lucky to have more pools and spray grounds per resident than any other city in the U.S. Because we have all those great, free places to cool off, there's no reason to open fi...
When leadership at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia decided to create a brand-new, centralized facility for pediatric care, their primary concern was easing the stress young patients and the...