Philadelphia’s first stormwater bumpouts debuted this summer on Queen Lane in East Falls. Stormwater bumpouts are just one of PWD’s green stormwater infrastructure tools to reduce runoff and prevent combined sewer overflows into our rivers and streams.
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On Nov. 1, city officials broke ground on Venice Island in Manayunk, the site of a $46 million project whose main component is a large underground storage basin that will prevent stormwater runoff from entering the Schuylkill River.
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Philadelphia’s first depaving project got underway this year at Eadom and Bridge Streets—located just west of I-95 in Frankford.
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Earlier this month, Harvard’s Graduate School of Design hosted “The Philadelphia Story: Planning, Politics and Reality,” a panel discussion led by Loeb fellow and Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron.
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This time next week, the 2011 CitiesAlive conference—the only conference in North America devoted to the green roof and wall industry—will kick off here in Philadelphia.
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In a report released yesterday by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Philadelphia received top honors as the national leader in green infrastructure.
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Join us on Thursday, November 17 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center to learn about the planned stream restoration for Cobbs Creek, which will encompass approximately 8,000 linear feet of stream length.
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Philadelphia will host the 2011 CitiesAlive conference from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3; the event brings together members of the green roof and green wall industry for workshops, meetings and tours.
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The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability reports that the 250-kilowatt solar array at PWD’s Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant has generated enough electricity to power 2.7 houses for a year.
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The construction of an underground storage basin at Venice Island is underway, and demolition of the existing recreation facilities is complete.
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