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Community Meeting: Gorgas Run Restoration

October 23, 2015  |  Brian Rademaekers

Our Waterways Restoration team is holding an important meeting on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. about efforts to improve Gorgas Run in Roxborough-Manayunk this weekend. Please find the community meeting invite and a fact sheet about the project below (click each for a larger image). We’ll be posting more about this big project here in the future, so stay tuned.

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New Filling Stations, 12,000 Free Reusable Bottles to Fight Plastic Bottle Litter

October 22, 2015  |  Brian Rademaekers

Mayor Michael Nutter will join partners in this campaign at Kelly Drive and Fountain Green Drive on Friday, Oct. 23 at 12 p.m. in announcing a new network of water bottle filling stations that will stretch along Kelly Drive from East Falls to Boathouse Row, providing convenient access to free drinking water on one of the region’s most popular recreational trails.

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Give Water Some Respect with Watershed Wit!

October 14, 2015  |  Brian Rademaekers

At the start of the month, we lamented in the Philadelphia Inquirer that water infrastructure, which is often underground and out of sight, just doesn’t seem to get the same attention or funding as things that we see daily, like roads and bridges.

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Green Infrastructure on the Evening News?! Yes Please.

October 13, 2015  |  Brian Rademaekers

So, we were naturally thrilled when 6ABC ran a short clip about the new “living wall” project on 3rd Street in Independence Park! Since this project is designed to inspire others to think about green infrastructure as something that can be beautiful AND good for the environment, we certainly think this stunning billboard for green tools deserves its (at least!) 15 seconds of fame.

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Join Us: Updates on E. Poplar and Point Breeze Green Infrastructure Improvements

October 12, 2015  |  Brian Rademaekers

We have two community meetings coming up this week to update residents on plans for green infrastructure improvements in their neighborhoods. These meetings are designed to provide important information about upcoming construction and to get feedback from neighbors, so if you live near one of these projects, please come out to learn more!

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New Bill Encourages Green Roofs, Density

October 8, 2015  |  Brian Rademaekers

Green City, Clean Waters is the biggest plan in the U.S. designed to manage stormwater with green infrastructure, and that means Philadelphia Water will take all the help it can get from developers who want to add value to their properties while also lessening the negative environmental impacts with green stormwater tools.

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