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- Facing the Water Facts, Source: Bulletin, March 16
- Fairmount 124-126, 165-167
- Fairmount Dam 61
- Fairmount Dam Bids Are Opened, Director Biles Considering Five Proposals for Only Part of Construction Work, Big Waste in Water Leaks, Source: Ledger, February 14
- Fairmount Dam Called a Menace, Theodore Justice Tells Mayor Structure Threatens West Philadelphia Water Supply, New Work Starts Soon, Source: Ledger, January 24
- Fairmount Dam, Chief Davis' Report of Satisfactory Conditions Means a Prompt Start on Work, Source not known
- Fairmount Dam in Bad Condition, Mayor Directs a Survey to Be Made-Chief Davis Wants a New Structure, Has Been in Use Since 1872, Federal, State, and City Governments Have Certain Rights in the Schuylkill, Source: Ledger, October 18, 1920
- Fairmount Dam, Source: Ledger, no date given
- Fairmount Dam To Be Replaced, City Prepares to Build a Masonry Structure to Succeed Wooden One, Source: Ledger, July 24, 1921
- Fairmount Park
- Fairmount Park Aquarium
- Fairmount Park Blast Stirs City, Water Mains Dynamited on Site of Art Museum, Source: North American, January 8, 1921
- Fairmount Water Works
- Fairmount Water Works 8-11, 26, 28
- Fairmount Water Works History
- Fairmount Water Works; Junior League of Philadelphia; Water Works Cafe
- Fairmount Water Works (pp. 172 - 184)
- Fairmount Water Works [pp. 78 - 83]
- Fairmount Water Works Turbine
- Falls of Schuylkill, PA -- History / Manayunk, PA -- History
- Far-Sightedness, Source: Bulletin, October 30, 1924
- Favor Buying Water Plant, Collingswood Committee Approves City Operation - Call Meeting, Source: Bulletin, November 11
- Fear Water Shortage This Winter in Adams Co., Source: North American, November 17
- Fern Rock Hits Water Shortage, Without Supply from Yesterday Until Noon Today, Householders Complain, Murdoch Denies Lack, Source: Bulletin, May 3
- Fern Rock Suffers Shortage in Water, Source: Ledger, May 4
- Fight for Pure Water Continues, Source: Daily News, June 20
- Fight on Murdoch Will Go to Council, Roper and Crossan Say They Will Demand Dismissal of Water Bureau Chief, Bids for Pumps Opened, Source: Ledger, March 17
- Filtered Sewage by Any Other Name, Source: Inquirer, November 24
- Filtration 140
- Financial statements 113-119 (charts), 146-164
- Financial statements 38-39, 47-52
- Financial Statements 75-89, 132-133
- Finds Phila. Lags in Hospital Care, Health Expert Says 500 Beds Are Lacking for Tuberculosis Patients, Source: Ledger, June 4
- Find Typhoid Carriers Evergrowing Menace, State Health Department Inquiry Shows How Malady Spreads, Source: Record, January 4, 1926
- Find Water Pipes of Wood in Subway, Broad St. Tube Diggers Uncover 100-Year-Old Tree Trunks With Six-Inch Bore, Are in Fine Condition, Source: Bulletin, July 15
- Fire Drives Out Three Families; Water Scarce, Seven Children Saved-Alarm Box Out of Order, Firemen Reviled, Source: Ledger, July 10
- Fire Hydrants 137
- Fire hydrants 99, 110-114 (charts)
- Fire Inspires Call for High Pressure Mains Along River, West Philadelphia Council Members Join Chief Davis in Complaint, Inadequate Supply of Water Reported as Cause of Flames' Extensive Sweep, Source: Inquirer, June 3
- Fire Menaces Entire Block in West Phila., Davis Blames Failure of Water for $500,000 Damage at Thirtieth and Sansom Streets, Heroic Rescues Thrill Crowds as Flames, Sweeping Several Plants, Trap Firemen; Five Alarms Sounded, Source: Inquirer, June 2
- Fire Plug Bathing, Source: Bulletin, July 13
- Fire Plug Causes Flood, Out of Order in Frankford When Used in Flush Street, Source: Bulletin, December 7
- Firing Water Aides Opposed by Davis, Former Chief Advises Mayor to Get Better Service Instead of "Vengeance," All Helping, Says Kendrick, Source: Ledger, March 12
- First photo, caption: Reading Railway Tracks under the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge west of 33rd St., covered with water which flowed down through Fairmount Park from 33rd and Oxford Streets, where the big pipe burst, Source: Bulletin, December 12, 1925
- First Revolt in Council Ranks, Source: Record, March 26
- First Step in Water Service, Source: Bulletin, February 14
- First Water Work Relic Unearthed, Pipe of Original City Main, Laid in 1799, Recalls Strenuous Opposition to Project, Dug at 4th Near Race, Source: Bulletin, January 31
- Fisher Will Help Purify Schuylkill, Stands With Baldrige Behind Phila.'s Drive, Ladner Tells Kiwanis, Source: Ledger, June 5
- Fishing -- Pennsylvania / Fishing -- East (US)
- Fitch, John, 1743 - 1798
- Fitted For the Place, Source: Bulletin, September 8, 1927
- Fix Water Break After 12 Hours, Supply Restored to Germantown and Roxborough by Repairs to Isolated Main, Hunt Through Dark Wood (this article is attached to photo above), Source: Ledger, December 12, 1922
- Flood Endangers Many as Street Main Breaks, Water Fills Cellars of Several Buildings at Sixtieth and Market Streets, Neighbor Rescues Woman, Youth Dons His Bathing Suit to Salvage Radio Sets-Damage Totals $25,000, Source: Record, July 26
- Flour mills
- Flowing Water Gives Relief in Chestnut Hill, Supply Again Normal in 80 Per Cent. Of Affected Area After Four-Day Drought, Spigots Trickle Feebly at First, But Better Pressure at Nightfall Ends Long Period of Hardship, Source: Inquirer, March 12, 2004
- Fluorescence / Ultraviolet radiation
- Foes Again Seek to Oust Murdoch, Follow Up Ledoux's Statement That Negligence Caused Break in Water System, Davis Refuses to Return, Source: Ledger, March 7
- For a "City Healthful", Adequate Supply of Pure Water
- Ford, Westinghouse Plants Will Boom Southwest Phila., 50,000 Population Increase Seen; Means Outlay of Many Millions, Source: North American, July 25
- For Water and Forests, Source: Bulletin, May 18
- Fouled Waters, Source: Record, January 4
- Foundations / Bridges design and construction
- fountain
- Fox Chase Citizens Ask Quick Action on Water Repairs, Mass Meeting Hears Councilman Crossan and Bureau Officials, Protest on Frequent Breakdowns Will Be Sent to Mayor Kendrick, Source: Inquirer, July 9
- Fox Chase Water Supply Restored, Main Break, Second in Two Weeks, Repaired After Night Without Service, Protest Meeting Held, Source: Bulletin, July 9, 1926
- Frankford 131, 185-187
- Frankford 66
- Frankford 96
- Frankford Arsenal (PA) -- History / Frankford (Philadelphia, PA) -- History
- Frankford Creek Watershed
- Frankford Faces Water Scarcity, Growth Resulting From "L" Expected to Make Present System Inadequate, New Plant Necessary, Bureau Chief Says System Needed Will Be as Great as in West Philadelphia, Source: Public Ledger, June 10, 1922
- Freshet of 1822
- Freshwater biology
- Freshwater ecology
- Fuel and Water Famines Worse as Mercury Falls, Source: Ledger, December 14, 1922
- Full Rehabilitation for the Water Plant, Source: Inquirer, March 22
- Fund For Underpaid City Employees Urged, Council Asked to Set Aside $200,000; 40 Per Cent of Workers Get Under $4 Day, Source: Inquirer, December 3, 1920
- Furnish the Water Facts, Source: Bulletin, March 4, 1926
- Future Water Supply, Source: Ledger, March 28
- Future Water Supply, Suppose Estimates of the City's Population Fifty Years Hence Prove Incorrect? Source: Ledger, October 28