Customers: Flushing Wipes Could Cost You, Damage Infrastructure: Flushing anything but toilet paper could mean pricey plumber visit.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
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Brian Rademaekers
A surge in wipes could be bad news for residents trying to avoid big expenses like major plumbing repairs....
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Safe Things to Do During COVID-19: Watershed Steward Certification!: Penn State Master Watershed Steward program is shifting 2020 training to Zoom.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
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Grace Maiorano
Starting April 2nd, the Penn State Master Watershed Steward program is shifting its education and training to an online platform....
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Philadelphia Water Department COVID-19 Statement and Updates: Drinking water is safe and customers will not lose water services.
Monday, March 16, 2020
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PWD Public Affairs
Important updates regarding our ongoing response to the COVID-19 emergency....
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San Juan Explores Philly's Green Solutions: Our GSI experts met with San Juan's environmental champions.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
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Grace Maiorano
Through a learning exchange program hosted by The Nature Conservancy, our Deputy Commissioner of Planning & Environmental Services and Public Engagement Team Manager, recently met with representatives from the San Juan-based Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña....
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Celebrating (And Making) Black History at PWD: An amazing story about why being Philly's first black Water Dept. commissioner matters.
Thursday, February 20, 2020
An amazing story about why being Philly's first black Water Dept. commissioner matters....
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Green City, Clean Waters Sites That Took Root in 2019: Looking at some of our favorite projects from the program’s eighth year
Friday, February 14, 2020
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Grace Maiorano
Our Green City, Clean Waters program celebrates nine years in June. Here are some highlights from 2019....
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2019 In Review: Tap Gets Its Cool Back: Tap regained sustainable appeal, while local efforts sought to build trust and bust myths.
Thursday, January 2, 2020
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Brian Rademaekers
Tap water chic flooded the zeitgeist amid global outcry over an ever-growing tide of plastic litter filling our parks, streets, rivers, and oceans. Locally, we took on skeptics in city where 40 percent say they drink bottled water at home....
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2019 In Review: A Year of Change, Progress: New leadership and big improvements marked 2019.
Monday, December 30, 2019
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Brian Rademaekers
It was a momentous year for the Philadelphia Water Department. See how 2019 was a year defined by change and progress....
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Flashback Friday: Sludge Lagoons and the Christmas Bird Count: Wastewater plants are birding hot spots.
Friday, December 27, 2019
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Brian Rademaekers
Today’s Flashback Friday post takes a quick trip back to the summer, but also links to a much older tradition: we’re in the final week of the 120th #ChristmasBirdCount!...
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Flashback Friday ... the 13th!: We get creepy with a loathed sewer creature
Friday, December 13, 2019
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Adam Levine, PWD Historian
Sewer crawlers face many challenges in their work, including rodent nests....
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