New Hydrology Map Makes Way For Stream Buffers
September 10, 2012 | Mary Ellen McCarty
This week, the Philadelphia Water Department is submitting a hydrology map for approval by City Council.
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Literally, Breaking News
August 7, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Pipes, mains, lines – these water infrastructure words have been a hot topic in the Philadelphia news the past few weeks.
Read More →More from RIO+20!
July 5, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
The spotlight is shining on Philadelphia at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Read More →New Video: Philadelphia’s First Porous Street
June 22, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Pass by the 800 block of tiny Percy Street near the Italian Market in South Philadelphia and you may not even notice that you’re in the presence of Philadelphia’s first street to be retrofitted with porous paving.
Read More →UN Sustainability Conference in Brazil Puts the Spotlight on Philly
June 21, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
This week, world leaders are gathered at the UN Conference of Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And what are they talking about? Philadelphia, for one –
Read More →A Tale of Two Cities: Philadelphia and Rio de Janeiro Lead the Transition to Sustainability
June 20, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Hey, that doesn’t look like the Schuylkill River. Pictured above is Rio de Janeiro, Philadelphia’s sister city in the U.S.-Brazil Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability (JIUS).
Read More →That’s Progress: Mayor Nutter Releases Greenworks Update for 2012
| Public Affairs
We’re at the halfway point of Greenworks—the plan that outlines how Philadelphia will become the greenest city in America by 2015—and giant steps have been taken toward sustainability.
Read More →New Philly Greenway: Gray’s Ferry Crescent
June 15, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Philadelphia’s newest greenway—Gray’s Ferry Crescent, stretching from 34th Street to Wharton Street along the eastern bank of the Schulykill River—was dedicated earlier this week.
Read More →National Geographic: Philadelphia Cleans Up Stormwater With Innovative Program
June 7, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
An article in yesterday’s National Geographic daily news lauds the Philadelphia Water Department’s Green City, Clean Waters plan and makes some interesting points about Philly’s tradition of innovation in water management.
Read More →The Clean Water Bargain: Bond…Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bond
May 29, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
OK, maybe not as exciting as that other Bond we’ve been watching since Dr. No came out in 1962, but this bond—along with several of its brothers and sisters—does just as much to keep us from suffering major disasters at the hands of diabolical enemies (in our case, rust, corrosion, wear, and damage).
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