A rolling collection of stories, tips, and news powered by the people of the Philadelphia Water Department.
Philly waterways have a new best friend. Dolphina, a five-year-old pit rescue, will be the face of our efforts to guard local waterways against pet waste. Pet owners and watershed advocates are invited to a June 22 celebration....
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Volunteers removed 55.87 tons of trash, litter, and debris, including 531 tires, from the watershed in a single day. Find out where you can help this summer....
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As our official Spokesdog partners, the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary's social media feeds are filled with cute puppy pics that help highlight the importance of keeping pet waste out of our waterways. Add your "like" by Friday, May 24....
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We're ending Infrastructure Week with a look at our green projects and sharing a short animation that tells the story of how Philly rivers lost wildlife like otters - and how we're getting 'em back....
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A sort of campus that serves as a state-of-the-art training and operations hub for the City’s sewer infrastructure workforce, the project cost approximately $17 million to build....
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It's Infrastructure Week 2019. We’re joining the campaign to highlight the stuff that keeps our city running and starting off with some big news: Mayor Kenney just announced the next Philadelphia Water Department Commissioner....
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Pride in Philly tap won over more than few skeptics as over 200 people had a pour our top-quality local drinking water during the pop-up's debut....
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Distinct demographic groups buy pricey, pollution-intense bottled water at high rates. Philly Water Bar takes brings this super drink into a setting where fact-based conversations can bubble up....
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City of Philadelphia Deputy Managing Director Michael Carroll appoints PWD's Sarah Stevenson as Acting Commissioner....
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Call us crazy, but we think we can help beat the 18,000+ pounds collected by volunteers during last year's big Darby-Cobbs Creek Cleanup. We’ll be leading one of the 38 sites targeting 126 miles of streams on Saturday, April 13th....
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Penn State Public Media recently launched an interactive website to accompany the documentary, Water Blues, Green Solutions, which features Philadelphia prominently.
GreenTreks is sharing stories that change the world! GreenTreks, a Philadelphia based non-profit communications firm, created some recent shorts focusing on the exciting neighborhood greening progr...
Tune into WHYY at 1:30pm this Sunday to catch the Water Blues, Green Solutions film by PennState!