Since William Penn began constructing Philadelphia in 1682, the region’s landscape has been changed dramatically; hundreds of miles of the city’s surface streams have been channeled underground to ...

Philadelphia can't rebuild its colonial sewer system, and another option—building a tunnel to store excess sewage, which is what Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. are doing to beat ...

The Philadelphia Water Department wants to raise water and sewer rates in the city by more than 16% over the coming two years. The water department said the proposed rate increase, which must be ...

A new storm water basin in Northeast Philadelphia will reduce runoff into the city's sewer system. (StateImpact Pennsylvania) Philadelphia’s long-running efforts to control its stormwater flows took a ...