Meeting Alert: Find Out How Removing the Woodland Dam Will Boost Wildlife in the Cobbs
April 12, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
Residents are invited to join staff from Philadelphia Water and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Cobbs Creek Environmental Education Center tomorrow at 6 p.m. to learn about an exciting new project that will open up miles of the Cobbs to fish like the blueback herring, a historically important migratory species whose habitat has been limited by dams across the region.
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Call for Artists to Shine Light on Green Stormwater Infrastructure!
April 8, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
Philadelphia Water is collaborating with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program for Uncover the Green 2016, a new citywide design initiative celebrating the innovative tools and systems that make up Green City, Clean Waters, Philadelphia’s revolutionary green stormwater management program.
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GSI Excellence Awards Showcase Philly as the ‘Silicon Valley of Green Infrastructure’
April 5, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
Philadelphia’s healthy (and growing) green stormwater infrastructure economy was evident at the inaugural GSI Excellence Awards, hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Sustainable Business Network (SBN) at the WHYY studios on March 31.
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Meet Your Watershed Spirit Animal for Philly Spring Cleanup 2016
March 24, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
Do you know your watershed’s spirit animal? Do you know your watershed, period?
This year’s April 9 Philly Spring Cleanup is your chance to answer both of those questions while doing some good for your community.
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Philadelphia Water Announces Unprecedented Efforts to Help Customers with Lead Pipes
March 21, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
Today, Philadelphia Water let City Council know about robust new efforts to educate customers about plumbing made from lead and announced new, unprecedented efforts that will help our customers get rid of their lead pipes once and for all.
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Have a Sec? Help Make Our Freshwater Mussel Hatchery More Awesome!
March 16, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
Last summer, we broke the news about an exciting project that’s coming to our historic Fairmount Water Works museum and learning center this fall: an educational freshwater mussel hatchery that will shine new light on these secret river heroes.
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Meet Our New Commissioner and Get the Inside Scoop on How to Work with Philadelphia Water!
March 8, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
Over the last decade, we’ve seen an increasingly diverse group of people working to support Philadelphia Water’s programs and infrastructure, something the City has worked hard to achieve.
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Ambitious Proposal Could Mean Big Improvements for Morris Park, Local Water Quality
March 7, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
Philadelphia Water is looking for residents to provide feedback tonight on designs for a pretty impressive green infrastructure project at Papa Playground in Morris Park that aims to improve the area’s stormwater management and urban habitat while reducing combined sewer overflows that can spill polluted water into our rivers and streams:
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First Schuylkill Scrub of 2016 Cashes in on Collaboration
March 2, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
Tires, TVs, lots and lots of plastic bottles and … a check for $32,000?
You never know what you’ll find when picking up trash along Philly’s rivers.
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Francis Myers Rec Set to Do Its Part in Helping Philly Rivers
February 24, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
Francis Myers Recreation Center is a big, beautiful Philadelphia Parks and Recreation site in Southwest Philly.
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