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Mark your calendars for the upcoming Cobbs Creek free movie night featuring The Lorax....

Pipes, mains, lines – these water infrastructure words have been a hot topic in the Philadelphia news the past few weeks....

The Philadelphia Water Department recently announced its proposal to seek rate changes, beginning October 1, 2012 to maintain the City’s top-quality drinking water distribution, alleviate flooding, meet regulatory requirements and improve the quality of local rivers and streams....

Hey, that doesn't look like the Schuylkill River. Pictured above is Rio de Janeiro, Philadelphia's sister city in the U.S.-Brazil Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability (JIUS)....

As we mentioned in our previous post comparing Philadelphia Water Department rates to those of neighboring utilities, the average Philadelphian uses about 600 cubic feet or almost 4,500 gallons....

The next time you’re at a party out in Delaware or Montgomery County, you may want to tread lightly on the subject of utility bills. A recent survey of the surrounding areas revealed that many water customers are paying double what the average customer in Philadelphia is paying....

Here's our photo essay from last weekend's Philly Water's Best Friend competition at Mario Lanza Park in Queen Village....

It's like awards season for dogs: Last weekend, Queen Village crowned Joey Bag-o-Donuts as its ambassadog, and this weekend, Northern Liberties will hold its judging and awards ceremony on Saturday, June 9 at 3:00 p.m. at Liberty Lands....

As we wrote in our post explaining what it means to be a “cost of service” utility, PWD doesn’t operate to make a profit....

On Saturday, the Philadelphia Water Department and a panel of judges awarded the Philly Water's Best Friend title in Queen Village to ... Joey Bag-o-Donuts!...