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The Philadelphia Water Department provides integrated potable water, wastewater, and stormwater services for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and some communities in Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery Counties.

The primary mission of the department is the planning, operation and maintenance of  both the physical infrastructure and the organized personnel needed to provide high quality drinking water, and to provide an adequate and reliable water supply for all domestic, commercial, and industrial requirements, and  to manage wastewater and stormwater to protect and improve the quality of the region’s watersheds, especially the Delaware River and the Schuylkill River.

Drinking water
The Water Department draws about half of its water from the Schuylkill River, and about half from the Delaware River. The Queen Lane Plant in East Falls draws water from an intake pumping station (1895) on Kelly Drive. The Belmont Plant on Belmont Avenue in Wynnefield draws water from an intake pumping station (1870-1900) on Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive. The Fairmount Dam prevents brackish water from the Delaware River from coming up the Schuylkill from the Delaware with the tide.

The Baxter Plant draws water from the Delaware River from an intake next to the plant.