Topics Water Supply

Pumping stations after Philadelphia's incorporation, 1854

Main Pumping Stations for Philadelphia Drinking Water

Black-and-white image of workers in a pit with a sewer opening behind them and text

Frankford Creek: Sad History of an Urban Stream title page

PWD's Joe Perillo with a large striped bass

Joe Perillo with a large Schuylkill striper in 2015

Photo of a woman looking at a jar of raw, untreated sewage

Jar of raw sewage before treatment, 2000