From pollution praises to community poetry — infrastructure investments to mural unveilings, 2021 offered a plethora of opportunities allowing us to better serve, engage, and communicate our water services to Philadelphia residents....
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Constant demand makes waste treatment plants challenging but rewarding places to work....
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Our largest pumping station—the Torresdale Filtered Water Pumping Station—is about to get its biggest makeover since it was constructed 70 years ago....
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PWD educator Dottie Baumgarten shows what makes toilet paper the only thing to flush....
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Five ways the Philadelphia Water Department works to further the ideals that embody Earth Day....
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A surge in wipes could be bad news for residents trying to avoid big expenses like major plumbing repairs....
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We are celebrating the last week of Immigrant Heritage Month with a perspective fromNafissa Bizo, an Environmental Engineer who immigrated from Niger and now helps run a Water Pollution Control Plant....
Read More →For the Philadelphia Water Department, it’s always “Time to Build”—the theme of Infrastructure Week 2018. Every day, our workers are busy maintaining critical water infrastructure through repairs, replacements, and major new projects....
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The sixth-annual Infrastructure Week, a national effort to highlight the importance of maintaining and improving the pipes, treatment plants, roads, bridges, runways, communications systems, and other shared resources that make modern society possible kicked off on Monday, May 14 and runs through May 21...
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Customers, City Council, Mayor Kenney, and the Water Rate Board were recently informed that we need to raise rates. Increased rates will ensure we have the resources we need to better maintain one of the oldest water systems in the country. As a part of the process—and to promote transparency—we are holding seven Public Input Hearings across the city....
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Penn State Public Media recently launched an interactive website to accompany the documentary, Water Blues, Green Solutions, which features Philadelphia prominently.
GreenTreks is sharing stories that change the world! GreenTreks, a Philadelphia based non-profit communications firm, created some recent shorts focusing on the exciting neighborhood greening progr...
Tune into WHYY at 1:30pm this Sunday to catch the Water Blues, Green Solutions film by PennState!