Delaware River Festival 2026
Join us in celebrating the Delaware River at the Delaware River Festival, September 26th, at Penn’s Landing!
Correction: 2026 Rates Bill Insert
A bill insert about rate increases delivered with paper bills misstated the formula used to calculate the Water Usage charges for a typical residential customer, effective September 1, 2026. The correct formula for 2026 should read “$(73.13 + 5.41)”, not “$(71.22 + 3.59)”. The Water Usage total was correct, but the formula printed there was […]
New rate information effective September 2026
Your water bill supports critical infrastructure. We do not profit from rate increases. We ask for the amount needed to cover the cost of services we must provide. On September 1st, 2026, a monthly water bill for a typical residential customer increase by 7.5%.
Philly Fishing Fest returns September 12, 2026
Enjoy a morning of free catch-and-release fishing and friendly competition on Schuylkill Banks, Saturday, September 12th – Registration open now!
PHDC Annual Housing Fair
September 26 from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at Temple University Aramark Student Training & Recreation (STAR) Complex
15 Years of Green City, Clean Waters: Transforming Philadelphia’s waterways through innovation and investment
For more than fifteen years, PWD’s Green City, Clean Waters (GCCW) program has been transforming the way the city manages stormwater, protects waterways, and invests in neighborhoods. Since the program began in 2011, the Philadelphia Water Department has implemented one of the nation’s most ambitious green stormwater infrastructure programs while simultaneously advancing major traditional infrastructure improvements […]
2025 Drinking Water Quality Report
We welcome you to the 2026 Drinking Water Quality Report! This annual document demonstrates how we protect Philadelphia’s drinking water from the source to the tap. Our staff is dedicated to ensuring safe, reliable drinking water. We deliver top-quality water to Philadelphia’s homes, businesses, and communities 24 hours a day, every day.
PWD Unveils Upgraded Water Treatment System at Baxter Water Treatment Plant
During National Drinking Water Week, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and City officials held a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the completion of an updated zinc orthophosphate system, a treatment that helps protect drinking water from lead plumbing, at the Samuel S. Baxter Water Treatment Plant located in Northeast Philadelphia.
2025 Drinking Water Quality Report Wholesale Customer Excerpt
We share our data tables in this format for industrial/commercial customers and consecutive water systems.
Consecutive water systems are public water systems that obtain their water from another public water system and resell the water, provide treatment, or provide drinking water to an interstate carrier. The term does not include bottled water and bulk water systems.
Response to PennEnvironment Sewage Pollution Report
PWD champions the goal of cleaner, healthier rivers and streams for Philadelphians and visitors alike, and value the advocates who care deeply about protecting our waterways for generations to come. However, some characterizations of PWD’s work in the recent PennEnvironment report “Sewage Pollution in the Philadelphia-Camden Region” do not fully reflect the complexity of managing and upgrading an aging urban sewer system while safeguarding public health and balancing affordability for ratepayers.