Greening Smith: What We’re Doing with Eagles’ Connor Barwin
July 16, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
Philadelphia Water selected West Passyunk’s Smith Playground for Green City, Clean Waters improvements way back in 2012. While we were busy doing community outreach and design for the popular 7.5-acre recreation area, located at 25th Street and Snyder Avenue, we also happened to develop a great relationship with Connor Barwin of the Philadelphia Eagles and his Make the World Better Foundation (MTW
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PowerCorpsPHL Gets a POTUS Shout-out
July 15, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
We’re always talking about what a great relationship we have with PowerCorpsPHL, and we love to point out when the young Philadelphians who help maintain Green City, Clean Waters infrastructure enrich their lives and even turn the experience into jobs in the green industry.
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Improvements to Address Northern Liberties Flooding
July 13, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
This area contains the historic Cohocksink Creek and is the focus of a long-term infrastructure improvement project. Traditional sewer expansion and green stormwater tools will improve the capacity of the local system while reducing the amount of water entering sewers.
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Investing in Our Brand: Investing in Our Customers
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Brian Rademaekers
Our new logo and brand, which hasn’t been updated since 1987, is a very visible piece of our efforts to communicate with the 2.2 million customers and other stakeholders we serve and work with every day.
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Starting Today: New Stormwater Regulations Bring Healthier Rivers
July 1, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
These updates represent the most substantial changes to the regulations in nearly a decade. They ensure new development works alongside Philadelphia Water’s Green City, Clean Waters plan by requiring new sites to handle more water, slow stormwater more effectively, and release cleaner water into our sewers.
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Wanted: A Few Good Spokesdogs for Healthy Water
June 30, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
For 2015, Fishtown and Washington Square West were selected as competing locales for the contest, which has been selecting a special pooch to spread the word about poo-lution since 2011. We’ll be accepting nominations for dogs from those neighborhoods through July 15. Guidelines and submission forms are available here. The Spokesdog program is held annually with the help of our friends at the Part
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Pew Center Gives $300K to Shine Light on Secret River Heroes
June 26, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
Celebrating their 10th year of grant making in Philadelphia, the Center announced its 2015 recipients on June 16. We at Philadelphia Water are thrilled to see the Water Works counted among our region’s exemplary artists and cultural institutions and look forward to the expanded environmental education efforts made possible through this grant.
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Change Your Life, Help Protect Our Water: Apply for PowerCorpsPHL Now
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Brian Rademaekers
The social, environmental and economic benefits we get out of having and maintaining the green infrastructure that makes up Green City, Clean Waters are a big part of why Philadelphia is taking the green approach to solving stormwater challenges. It’s what we call our “triple bottom line.”
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Venice Island Lands ‘Environmental Project of the Year’ Award
June 25, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
We’re extremely proud of the way Philadelphia Water’s construction team and engineers made what was once just a grand idea—the Venice Island Performing Arts and Recreation Center—into a reality.
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The Clean Water Rule: What Does It Mean for Philly?
June 23, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
The Clean Water Rule, officially adopted at the end of May and formalized by President Obama, clarifies what waterways fall under the protection of the federal Clean Water Act and came as result of an extensive public input process organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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