Be Ready: Frozen Pipes Are No Winter Wonderland
December 30, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
Extreme cold can cause pipes in the ground to expand and contract, and very cold river water can also make water mains more brittle.
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Artists: Help Us Highlight the Schuylkill River for Art in the Open 2016
| Brian Rademaekers
Art in the Open (AiO), is a three-day event that gives the public a inside look of the processes behind art.
Read More →UPDATE: More Work Expected at 13th and Locust
December 29, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
Philadelphia Water recognizes that work performed last night at that intersection caused some concern among citizens in the area. While the work being performed was not unusual, we apologize for the disturbance and any misunderstanding regarding the nature of our activities.
Read More →Photos: Green City, Clean Waters Gets Cheers at Smith Celebration
December 28, 2015 | SClarkJr
You might think it’d be hard for green stormwater infrastructure to get much attention when you have a star NFL player (Connor Barwin) talking about fun things like a completely renovated recreation center and the new athletic fields and basketball courts coming to Smith Playground in South Philadelphia.
Read More →We Say Goodbye to 2015 (and a Green Champion) on Monday at Smith Playground
December 23, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
We’re joining Parks and Recreation and closing out 2015 with a ground breaking celebration for a big, very cool project: the revamp of Smith Playground at 24th and Jackson streets in South Philadelphia.
Read More →Schuylkill Action Network Wants to Hear from You
December 21, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
Schuylkill Action Network, SAN, is collaborative network of over 100 organizations—including federal, state, and local government partners, schools and more—all working to protect and restore the Schuylkill River watershed. Right now, they’re developing a 5-year strategic plan to improve this amazing regional treasure.
Read More →Philadelphia Water’s New Official Spokesdog: Little Pup with a Big Message
December 15, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
Shorty first became concerned about bad pet waste habits after seeing a notice from the Environmental Protection Agency that issued this warning: “Leaving pet waste on the ground increases public health risks by allowing harmful bacteria and nutrients to wash into the storm drain and eventually into local water bodies.”
Read More →Freakishly Warm Philly Weather Has Climate Change on Our Minds
December 14, 2015 | Abby Sullivan
At the start of the month, we talked about the Paris climate change conference and what we’re doing to prepare for global warming. Record high temperatures were set over the weekend and more highs are likely this week
Read More →This Weekend, A Spokesdog Shall Be Crowned
December 9, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
At long last, the next Philadelphia Water Spokesdog will be crowned this weekend in Fishtown as up to 20 top dogs—selected by an impressive 4,100 online votes this fall—compete in a pageant to prove which pooch has the best chops for fighting pet waste pollution on our streets.
Read More →‘Invisible Flying Rivers’: How Trees Help Manage Stormwater: It’s a pretty abstract concept, but Antonio Nobre, one of Brazil’s leading climate scientists, described the impact of e
November 30, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
It’s a pretty abstract concept, but Antonio Nobre, one of Brazil’s leading climate scientists, described the impact of evapotranspiration in a very cool way while talking to NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro in early November:
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