Year in Review (Part Two): 2016 Highlights Continued
January 23, 2017 | Brian Rademaekers
This is the second installment in our blog series looking at all the great news and events 2016 brought for Philly’s water community.
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Year in Review (Part One): 2016 was a Big Year for Philly’s Water Stewards
January 18, 2017 | Brian Rademaekers
Newly-elected Mayor Jim Kenney rang in 2016 in a big way by naming Debra A. McCarty Philadelphia Water Department Commissioner, making her the first woman to lead the organization in its nearly 200-year history.
That big announcement, it seems, set the tone for PWD in 2016…
Read More →Thank You, MLK Day of Service Volunteers, for Helping Philly Rivers
January 16, 2017 | Brian Rademaekers
While MLK Day doesn’t have the same environmental focus as say, Earth Day, the fact is, a lot of the work being done in King’s honor during today’s Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service—an event being touted as the biggest MLK Day volunteer effort in the nation—will help Philly’s rivers and creeks…
Read More →A ‘Truly Engaging Civic Commons’: Makers Wanted for City Hall Courtyard Installation
December 30, 2016 | Public Affairs
As a work of spectacular architecture and artistry, a National Historic Landmark and holder of several world records, Philadelphia’s ornate and iconic City Hall is a place that dominates the center of our city—spiritually, culturally, and, yes, geographically.
Read More →Tour Two Point Breeze Vacant Lots Targeted for Green Improvements
October 14, 2016 | Brian Rademaekers
We kicked off October with a ribbon cutting at a formerly vacant lot at 55th and Hunter streets in West Philadelphia that is now a vibrant green space featuring a rain garden and hidden storage trench that manage stormwater and protect local waterways while adding a whole new asset to the neighborhood.
Read More →Update to Rio vs. Philly Water Quality Blog: The Trash Problem
August 11, 2016 | Brian Rademaekers
Alan Robinson leads the Schuylkill Navy River Stewards committee, an organization that partners with Philadelphia Water to support our waterway trash removal efforts.
Read More →Baxter’s Best: A Beer About Protecting Philly’s Water
July 13, 2016 | Brian Rademaekers
In marking the five-year anniversary of Philadelphia’s Green City, Clean Waters program, we’ve been busy talking about the importance of protecting the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers—the source of drinking water for over 1.5 million people in Philadelphia alone.
Read More →Come Learn About Green Stormwater Investments in Lower Southwest Philadelphia
July 8, 2016 | Brian Rademaekers
Philadelphia Water will be at the Philadelphia Police 12th District July 13 meeting to update residents of lower southwest Philadelphia about proposed green investments that will protect local waterways while adding new landscaped green spaces to streets, parks and breezeways.
Read More →‘5 Down’ Video Recap: Green City, Clean Waters Praised as ‘a model for America’
June 24, 2016 | Brian Rademaekers
You might have heard: Philadelphia is celebrating five years of Green City, Clean Waters, a massive green investment in neighborhoods that is now keeping 1.5 billion gallons of polluted water out of our waterways over the course of a typical year of rainfall.
Read More →Philly STEM Students Hack Rain Barrel, Invent Ultimate Chill Spot
June 22, 2016 | Brian Rademaekers
What do you get when you combine lawn furniture, green infrastructure and electronics?
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