PWD Facts
The three core services of PWD
What are Stormwater storage and management, Wastewater collection and treatment, and Drinking Water treatment and delivery?
The largest PWD Division
What is Operations?
What PPE stands for
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
The title of the employee hired through the Civil Service Process
What is a Civil Servant?
The names of the mascots for the major Philly sports teams
What are the Phillie Phanatic, Gritty, and Swoop?
What WPCP stands for
What is Water Pollution Control Plant?
The Division that holds the Safety Unit
What is Human Resources and Administration?
Examples of protection that must be worn in a Lab environment
What are Eye Protection and Lab Coats?
PWD's Unit where you can file labor relations complaints
What is the Employee and Labor Relations Unit?
The name of the service where city employees can ride SEPTA for free
What is Jawnt?
The Water Department was established in this year
What is 1801
The name of the PWD Commissioner
Who is Randy E. Hayman?
The name of safety training that is mandatory for all Co-ops
What is Right to Know?
Examples of misconduct that could lead to disciplinary action
What are Unit policy infractions; Misusing company resources; Ignoring workplace safety measures; Offensive or unprofessional behavior; Chronic absenteeism; and Insubordination?
TIME's Person of the Year 2023
Who is Taylor Swift?
The city's stormwater flow, surface pollution, residential waste, and sewage are all diverted to this type of system, and then sent to 1 of our Waste Water Treatment Plants
What is a combined sewer system?
The division that holds the Design Unit
What is Engineering and Construction?
After collection, wastewater flows through sets of racks & screens to remove debris, then it flows through basins that help heavy particles settle, what are these particles called
What is Grit?
Examples of Gross-Misconduct that can lead to immediate dismissal
What are Excessive disregard for the safety of others; Stealing company time; and Falsification of documents?
The year the Eagles won the Super Bowl
What is Super Bowl LII in 2017?
PWD established this program to cut down on sewage overflows due to excess stormwater in our sewers.
What is the Green City Clean Waters Program?
The 6 PWD Divisions
What are Engineering and Construction, Finance, Human Resources and Administration, Operations, Planning and Environmental Services, and Public Affairs?
The two leading causes of injury in the workplace
What are overexertion from lifting, and slips and falls?
The name of our city's constitution that governs rules for all civil service positions in Philly
What is the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter?
The cultural phenomenon that surrounded the theatrical release of two summer blockbusters in July 2023
What is Barbenheimer?