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 […]
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 […]