Pennsylvania

Before water reaches a Philly faucet, it passes through a closely controlled sequence of settling, chemical treatment, filtration, disinfection and testing. The city’s three treatment plants process more than 300 million gallons on an average day, drawing from the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers before sending finished water through approximately 3,100 miles of mains.

World Cup hosts New Jersey and Philadelphia approached event transportation in fundamentally different ways. Halfway into the event, how’d they do?

This week’s infrastructure update looks at the challenges of growth, grid reliability and infrastructure modernization as energy demands surge across the Northeast.

As Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, rising temperatures are putting pressure on the grid in Pennsylvania. Now, two of the Commonwealth’s largest coal-fired power plants, Keystone and Conemaugh, are expected to remain open through 2032 to meet the rising demand.

The American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2025 Infrastructure Report Card evaluates infrastructure across 18 categories, grading systems from A to F based on condition, capacity, funding, resilience, public safety, and future needs. The report highlights progress since the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was passed in 2021, but it also makes clear that Pennsylvania continues to face serious infrastructure challenges, particularly in water systems and aging transportation assets.

"The country’s largest manufacturer of zinc batteries is investing $352.9 million to relocate its headquarters from Middlesex County to a larger space in Allegheny County in Pennsylvania."

"The investment in Pennsylvania comes less than a week after Amazon said it will invest $10 billion in North Carolina and announced plans to invest more than $5 billion in its new cloud infrastructure in Taiwan."

The I-95 bridge connecting New Jersey and Pennsylvania is set to be replaced soon. The bridge, which has been in use for decades, is...

Pennsylvania is positioning itself as a leader in the clean energy revolution with its ambitious hydrogen energy plans. The state has secured two regional...