Watershed

Mussels improve water quality by working as nature’s Brita filter. But their populations have been in decline.

The lawsuit alleges residents suffered financial losses from purchasing bottled water and driving to grocery stores.

The site is one of close to 200 nationwide receiving cleanup funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The legislation, which would protect nontidal wetlands, comes more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled certain wetlands aren’t protected under the Clean Water Act.

A facility just feet from Frankford Creek lacked the proper stormwater permit. It agreed to pay for an anti-dumping project in a nearby park.

Philadelphia students are learning how to reduce the impacts of climate change and protect the watershed — and earning a “green ribbon” in the process.

The school's rain gardens have proven effective at helping prevent raw sewage from overflowing into waterways.

Pennsylvania is just one of more than a dozen states that have recently banned — or want to ban — the ornamental tree.

Municipalities and utilities are required to create an inventory of lead pipes by October.

Vikki Prettyman, who died of kidney failure last year, helped the Sussex County town of Blades overcome its “forever chemicals” water crisis.

The funding will go toward renovations of the Valley Green Road Bridge in Wissahickon Valley Park and the Bells Mill Bridge near Morris Arboretum.

A Tyson Foods plant in Lancaster County is one of several Tyson plants that researchers say discharged pollutants by piping wastewater into waterways.

Runoff from development, roofs, driveways and lawns cause some of the greatest amounts of pollution in the White Clay watershed.

Tens of thousands of Philly water customers could be automatically enrolled in a discount program this year, while others may see their bills go up.

The designation requires that releases of PFAs and PFOs into soil or water be reported to federal, state or tribal officials if they meet or exceed certain levels.