The gate inside the combined sewer overflow pipe T14 at Frankford Creek on Sept. 12, 2019, as it normally looks, closed so wastewater will go to the city's Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant. - TOM GRALISH/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
PHILADELPHIA — Each year, Philadelphia’s waterways are forced to swallow a dirty mix containing 15 billion gallons of untreated sewage and rainwater during storms because of an antiquated city system, according to a report released Thursday by PennEnvironment. The waterways include the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, as well as Cobbs, Frankford, Tacony, and Pennypack Creeks. The outflow is no threat to drinking water because river water gets treated before residents drink it, but it does create health threats for aquatic life and recreational users, said the study by the nonprofit advocacy gro...
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