Celebrating PWD’s 2024 Stormwater Pioneers awardees On April 25—during Earth Week—Development Services recognized two privately owned properties for their stormwater management retrofit projects, bestowing on each its Stormwater Pioneers award. Stormwater Pioneers is an annual award that salutes innovation and excellence in stormwater management; this year, both Pioneers projects were made possible with the assistance […]
New Updates to Philadelphia’s “SCAR” Manual Last revised in 2017, Philadelphia’s Sewer Connection and Repair Manual (or “SCAR” Manual) recently received significant updates. With these latest revisions to the SCAR Manual, users will see: Click here to review the newly published SCAR Manual Version 1.2. *Note: If you have accessed the Manual previously, you may […]
Updated Stormwater Management Review Fees: Now in Effect Starting today, September 1, 2023, Development Services has increased some stormwater management fees and implemented two new charges for review and inspection activities. A one-time inspection charge will now be invoiced along with the Post-Construction Stormwater Management Plan (PCSMP) hourly review fee. These cost increases for certain […]
Stormwater Management Guidance Manual v 3.3 is now live! Today, Development Services is pleased to introduce Version 3.3 of the Philadelphia Stormwater Management Guidance Manual. With this revision, the reader will see: Additionally, along with the Manual’s various revised sections, the document itself now occupies a new location within PWD’s rapidly expanding Development Services website […]
Updated Utility Plan Review (UPR) Checklist The Utility Plan Review (UPR) Checklist has been updated to clarify existing requirements. These updates include: The updated checklist should be used immediately for all new submissions, resubmissions, and field changes. As a reminder, when making a field change submission through the pwdplanreview.org portal, the required memo should indicate […]
Announcing the New Development Services Homepage! PWD has launched a new site for Development Services at water.phila.gov/development/. The site outlines the steps for acquiring Water and Sewer Connections Permits, as well as information on the Utility Plan Review, Water Transport Records, and Sewer Facilities Planning programs and their respective roles in the development process. In […]