Ma'aikatar Ruwa ta Philadelphia

Ma'aikatar Ruwa ta Philadelphia ita ce mai Amfani da ruwa na jama'a ga Birnin Philadelphia . PWD tana ba da ruwa mai sha, Ruwa mai guba, da sabis na ruwan sha ga Philadelphia da wasu al'ummomi a cikin yankunan Bucks, Delaware da Montgomery. PWD wata hukuma ce ta gari ta Birnin Philadelphia, kuma tana zaune a cikin sararin haya a Hasumiyar Jefferson a yankin Kasuwar Gabas na Cibiyar Birnin, Philadelphia.

Babban aikin sashen shine tsarawa, aiki da kiyaye kayan aikin jiki da ma'aikatan da ake buƙata don samar da Ruwa sha mai inganci, da kuma samar da isasshen ruwa mai aminci ga duk bukatun cikin gida, kasuwanci, da masana'antu, da kuma sarrafa ruwan datti da ruwan guguwa don karewa da inganta ingancin ruwan yankin, musamman Kogin Delaware da Kogin Schuylkill."Philadelphia Water Department, Mission". 

 Tarihi 
Ma'aikatar Ruwa ta Philadelphia tana ba da ruwa ga 'yan ƙasa tun 1801, lokacin da, bayan jerin annobar zazzabin rawaya da ta kashe dubban mutane, Birnin ya yanke shawarar cewa ana buƙatar tushen ruwa don tsaftace tituna, kashe gobara, da kuma yin ayyukan gida. Duk da yake an kafa kamfanonin ruwa masu zaman kansu da yawa a wasu birane a wannan lokacin, Philadelphia, tare da tsarin mallakar birni da tsarin kuɗi, yana ɗaya daga cikin na farko a Amurka don ɗaukar samar da ruwa a matsayin alhakin birni. An yi amfani da ruwa a ko'ina cikin birni, tare da biyan abokan ciniki ta hanyar layi kai tsaye zuwa kasuwanni da gidaje, da kuma ruwa kyauta da aka bayar ta hanyar hydrants na jama'a ga duk wanda ke da guga don ɗaukar shi."Philadelphia Water Department, Mission". 

 Rashin ruwa 
Philadelphia tana cikin kogin Delaware. Dukan ruwa yana zubar da kusan murabba'in kilomita 14,119 tsakanin jihohi biyar - Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, da Pennsylvania. Jimlar yankin da wannan ruwa ya ƙunshi kusan 0.4% na ƙasar Amurka kuma yana da kusan mutane miliyan 4.17.

Ana iya raba birnin zuwa manyan ruwa guda bakwai, dukansu suna gudana zuwa Kogin Delaware: Schuylkill, Wissahickon, Darby-Cobbs, Pennypack, Tacony-Frankford, Poquessing da Delaware Direct. Rashin ruwa na Delaware Direct da kansa karami ne ko da yake duk sauran suna shiga ciki.

 Darby-Cobbs 
Rashin ruwa na Darby-Cobbs yana zubar da kusan murabba'in mil 77, kuma kusan kashi 66% na farfajiyarsa an rarraba su a matsayin marasa ruwa. Wannan ruwa ya ƙunshi sassan Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, da yankunan Philadelphia. A takamaiman, ya ƙunshi waɗannan ƙananan hukumomi: Easttown, Tredyffrin, Aldan, Clifton Heights, Collingdale, Colwyn, Darby, East Lansdowne, Folcroft, Glenolden, Haverford, Lansdowne (Marple, Millbourne, Morton, Newtown, Norwood, Prospect Park, Radnor, Ridley Park, Ridley, Rutledge, Sharon Hill, Springfield, Tinicum, Upper Darby, Yeadon, Lower Merion, da Narberth.

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