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A recent study by the University of Delaware puts a price tag on the economic value of the Delaware Estuary—the tidal portion of the Delaware River Basin—and the number is big....
Read More →Iodine-131 has been in the news lately, and PWD has been busy responding to media inquiries. Now is your chance to ask your own questions and voice concerns:...
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Cliveden Park collects runoff from two city blocks in Mt. Airy, thanks to a rain garden featuring step pools (pictured above)....
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The French call it en plein air—painting outdoors. But Monet and Renoir would scarcely recognize Philly's version of it....
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Sold-out event tonight at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center: The Breweries of Brewerytown and Vicinity, a presentation by historian Rich Wagner....
Read More →Wednesday's agreement between the Philadelphia Water Department and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to approve PWD's Green City, Clean Waters plan drew widespread media attention....
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Philadelphia’s first depaving project at Eadom and Bridge streets—located just west of I-95 in Frankford—is well underway....
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When we put out a call to find Philly Water's Best Friend, more than 85 dogs answered and thousands (yes, thousands!) of votes were cast online....
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Philadelphia Water continues to work with a coalition of local nonprofits and community groups on the Big Green Block, a multi-component sustainability project at and around Shissler Recreation Center and the Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts....
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In April, the City of Philadelphia unveiled its first solar photovoltaic system (above), located at PWD's Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant....
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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!