Fluctuations in environmental conditions that can impact water quality characteristics led to levels of a disinfection byproduct that were slightly higher than usual in one section of the city. Water remains safe to drink. In short: PWD maintains a careful balance of using enough disinfection to eliminate harmful microbes and limiting disinfection byproducts that the […]
The Philadelphia Water Department is issuing a boil water advisory for parts of upper West Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) was first alerted of a chemical spill on a Delaware River tributary in Bristol Township, Bucks County, on Saturday, March 25, 2023. From March 25 through April 4, our water quality experts collected over 200 samples in response. No chemicals of concern from the Bristol Township spill were detected in any of the 200-plus samples collected by PWD and analyzed by independent, accredited laboratories, confirming that Philadelphia’s drinking water was not impacted by the chemical spill.