费城水利部通过一项合作教育计划、费城地区少数民族工程介绍会（PRIME）和城市环境联盟，鼓励青年在数学和科学领域接受教育。合作教育为学生提供“真实”的工作体验；通过一个实习项目，费城水利部为学习工程、生物、化学和其他相关领域的高中生和大学生提供了这样的机会。此外，水利部是PRIME项目的顾问，该项目帮助教育传统上代表性不足的少数民族从事各种科学职业。 水利部负责丰富费城一所工程和科学高中的课程。最后，水利部与城市环境联盟合作，鼓励少数民族青年从事环境事业；第一个项目向中学教师展示了如何将环境学习纳入课堂。

The Philadelphia Water Department encourages youth education in mathematical and scientific fields through a Cooperative Education Program, the Philadelphia Regional Introduction for Minorities to Engineering (PRIME), and the Urban Environmental Coalition. Cooperative education gives students "real-life" work experiences; through an internship program, the Philadelphia Water Department offers such opportunities to high school and college students studying engineering, biology, chemistry, and other related fields. In addition, the water department is a consultant for the PRIME program, which helps to educate traditionally underrepresented minorities in various scientific professions. The water department is responsible for enriching the curriculum at an engineering and science high school in Philadelphia. Finally, the water department works with the Urban Environmental Coalition to encourage minority youth to pursue environmental careers; the first project shows middle school teachers how to include environmental learning in the classroom.