Report & Maps of Your Water, Drain & Sewer Routes. Crockett says the city is on track to exceed its target of 744 greened acres in 2016, a figure that is expected to reduce sewer overflows into local waterways by more than 600 million gallons a year. It's the most comprehensive green infrastructure in the U.S., if not the world," Crockett says. PWD Water Systems Map This map allows you to view the rivers, creeks, watersheds, sewer areas and PWD facilities within Philadelphia. Call 311 or tweet @philly311 for a quick response. The $2.5 billion price tag is not cheap. "If you get too close to those gates, you're gone," says Horger, the water department technician. Green Infrastructure Project Map Most of West Philadelphia is served by the Mill Creek sewer which runs from Montgomery County to the north, through the middle of West Philadelphia, south toward the Schuylkil River. Learn more about the SWMM modeling software. Gianfilippo Macchi © 2020. It's a network of small pipes called laterals that run from peoples' homes to a main pipe that travels down the middle of each street. West Philadelphia Sewer Map The sewer map shows the location of the … Sewage moves easily from people's homes, through the main trunk, through the sluice gates, and into the intercepting sewer that carries everything to the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant about 2.8 miles down the road. LEFT: Main Sewerage System of the City of Philadelphia. PWD currently operates and maintains monitoring equipment at, or near, the 164 CSOs throughout the city. When a combined sewer outfall is overflowing, and up to a period of 24 hours following the rainfall event, it is unsafe to recreate in the waterbody due to possible pollutant contamination. Normally, the system can handle all of the waste generated by the 38,000 homes that feed into this particular sewer. "It's the equivalent of tricking the hydrology.". "We're very pleased with the efforts the city has taken. If the total goes beyond that, the excess flow must be released somehow. Authorities believe he tripped and hit his head, tumbled unconscious into the sewer, and then washed downstream via the intercepting sewer to the treatment plant. You have to climb down metal rungs that are attached to the wall, but the first rung isn't close enough to the top, so you must hold the walker-like apparatus. 5 0 obj It's only an issue when it rains, but in Philly, that's 70 to 80 times a year. *�g�@o�s�'H?�u� /ɵ���!Ҵ ����u|�����|L�Ѧ�,W�*j*e��� I�k���5��*�h Crockett says that during Hurricane Floyd in 1999 there was so much sewage pouring out of the top of the gate it looked like whitewater rapids. Additionally, a watershed and wastewater conveyance model is only an estimate of actual conditions. PWD is replacing the pipes that carry stormwater and wastewater from homes and businesses to increase service reliability and reduce the chance of sewer back-ups during rain events.