Daybreak / Philadelphia Water Department, Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Philadelphia Water Department, Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant
City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Water Department
strongphiladelphiaPHILADELPHIA COUNTY
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Owner
City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Water Department is not in the register, so there is nothing to link to. Recorded as absent and not created by the loader.
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The record
What it isMunicipal wastewater treatment plant, one of three PWD water pollution control plants
Heat evidenceAnaerobic digesters plus a biogas cogeneration facility, a PWD and Ameresco project, providing up to 85 percent of plant electricity and offsetting over 20 000 tonnes CO2e a year, serving an average flow of 379 MGD for 2.2 million people. The cogeneration facility generates 5.6 MW of thermal energy and electricity from biogas
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Fuelbiogas methane with natural gas supplement
CapacityPWD three plants combined design capacity 522 MGD, peak over 1 billion gallons, maximum 1.044 billion gallons a day
UtilityPECO
Electrical detailnot found; cogeneration operates in parallel with the utility grid
LandLarge riverfront plant site with plain space, estimated from aerial imagery, not a published site plan
Capital signalBiogas cogeneration online 2012 under a 16 year Ameresco contract. Biosolids master plan expected to complete summer 2027
SignatoryPhiladelphia Water Commissioner, Ben Jewell named. Decision body City of Philadelphia
CityPhiladelphia
CountyPhiladelphia
Sources
EPA US Brazil Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability, PWD Biogas Cogeneration Facility, archive.epa.gov, 2012
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Grid Magazine, gridphilly.com, 2026-06-01
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Philadelphia Water Department, Resource Recovery and Energy Production, water.phila.gov, undated
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Electrical detailnot found