Topics Water Supply

Laboratory Alkalinity test, ca. 1943

Making It Safe to Drink: Water History Video 2

Oak Lane Reservoir pipeline, 1904

The Water and Drainage History of Philadelphia: A seven-part course

Diagram and description of the typhoid bacteria

Typhoid bacteria diagram, 1905

Bird's eye color view of reservoirs, green areas of foliage, pink roads and blue water, with a dam prominent

Fairmount and vicinity, 1839

Spring Garden water testing lab, 1901

Bureau of Water Spring Garden Testing Station, 1901

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

Jar of raw sewage before treatment, 2000

1914 map showing the plan for the collection and treatment of sewage in Philadelphia.

Plan for the Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Sewage, 1914