East Falls: You’ve Got Stormwater Bumpouts
April 4, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Pop Quiz! A Stormwater Bumpout is:
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Green Like Us: New York City Embraces Green Stormwater Infrastructure
March 20, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Last week, the New York Times ran an article detailing New York City’s plan to invest $2 billion in green infrastructure—porous pavement, green roofs, bioswales—to help retain stormwater and prevent sewer overflows into the city’s waterways.
Read More →Most Sustainable In Show: PWD Flower Show Display Wins Sustainability Award
March 13, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
The 2012 International Flower Show, which wrapped up last week, aimed to take visitors on a trip to Hawaii. The Philadelphia Water Department’s display, however, kept it right here in Philly, demonstrating how green roofs, rain gardens and other green infrastructure can beautify our city while managing stormwater runoff that pollutes our rivers and streams.
Read More →Good For Business: New Grant Program Helps Business Improvement Districts Manage Stormwater
March 7, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Are you a Business Improvement District, Neighborhood Improvement District, or Special Services District in the city of Philadelphia? You could be eligible for grant funding to implement stormwater management on non-residential parcels.
Read More →Talkin’ ‘Bout Cogeneration
February 24, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Don’t let the painfully boring photo1 of the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant fool you—exciting things are happening in Bridesburg.
Read More →This Place Is BMPing: Liberty Lands
February 8, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
After the EPA remediated the site of a former tannery in Northern Liberties in the late 1980s, the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association turned the former brownfield into a park.
Read More →When The SMIP Comes In: $5 Million In Grants To Businesses And Non-Profits For Stormwater Management
January 18, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
The Stormwater Management Incentives Program (SMIP) was created to help businesses and non-profits green large, impervious properties and unburden the city’s sewer system from high volumes of stormwater runoff.
Read More →This Place Is BMPing: Saylor Grove
January 6, 2012 | Matt Fritch, Environmental Engineer
Before the Philadelphia Water Department constructed a stormwater wetland at Saylor Grove in Fairmount Park, the area received an excessive amount of runoff that drained into Monoshone Creek, a tributary to the Wissahickon, resulting in erosion of the Monoshone and impaired water quality.
Read More →11 For 2011: Green City, Clean Waters Gets the Green Light
December 31, 2011 | Public Affairs
You can argue that the biggest win for Philadelphia’s watersheds in 2011 wasn’t a tangible project such as a rain garden, stream restoration, green roof or porous street—it was the approval of PWD’s Green City, Clean Waters plan.
Read More →11 For 2011: PWD’s Solar Array
December 29, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
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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