Changes Coming to Your Water Bill: What to Expect
May 6, 2015
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Paul Fugazzotto
What makes the new bill better?
• Easy-to-read format
• Updated usage graph
• Clear statement of charges and account status
• Updated message section for important communications
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SLA Beeber and greenSTEM Grab Award for Drinking Water Week
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Brian Rademaekers
For most people, watering the garden is an inexact science at best. At worst, unnecessary watering is a double whammy of waste: throwing away good, clean water while increasing the risk of plant problems like mildew and root rot.
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Happening Today: A Brand New Chapter for Philadelphia Water
May 4, 2015
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Abby Sullivan
Way back in the summer of 1987, the Philadelphia Water Department selected its first logo through a design contest for art and design schools in Philadelphia. The winning submission came from Eric E. Doyle, and was designed to convey a department eager to serve the needs of its customers. That sentiment hasn’t changed.
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Source Water Protection Catches Industry Spotlight
April 30, 2015
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Public Affairs
Their April 2015 edition featured an in-depth look at Philadelphia Water’s source water protection efforts in an article titled “Philadelphia’s One-Water Approach Starts With Source Water Protection.”
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Philly Student Artists Awarded in Green City, Clean Waters Contest
April 29, 2015
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Public Affairs
Dozens of budding artists from schools all over the city came out to the Fairmount Water Works to claim their prizes after taking top spots in our Green City, Clean Waters 2015 Art Contest, hosted by Philadelphia Water and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE).
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Grant Brings More Green to Lea School
April 27, 2015
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Public Affairs
Our work to transform Philadelphia schoolyards into living laboratories composed of rain gardens, porous paving, trees and more is getting a big boost in the form of a $20,000 grant from the TD Green Streets program. The generous funding was awarded for Philadelphia Water’s ongoing Green City, Clean Waters green infrastructure improvements at Henry C. Lea Elementary School at 47th and Locust stree
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Want a Greener School? PWD and Community Design Collaborative Can Help Guide You!
April 24, 2015
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Public Affairs
After years of bringing the benefits of green stormwater features to dozens of Philly schools through our Green City, Clean Waters plan, we’re ready to share what we’ve learned with communities here and around the country. The result? Transforming Philadelphia’s Schoolyards, a colorful, 44-page design guide to greening schoolyards made with the help of the Community Design Collaborative and their
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Philadelphia Water’s Early Warning System Getting Praise from High Places
April 23, 2015
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Public Affairs
Our Source Water Protection Program at Philadelphia Water does all kinds of important work to ensure the water we drink is safe and protected, from far-off springs in the Catskill and Pocono mountains all the way down to the intakes at our drinking water treatment plants. However, one of the most critical jobs is overseeing the Delaware Valley Early Warning System–a complex network that stretches
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Earth Day Exhibit Reveals Philly’s Trash Problem
April 21, 2015
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Public Affairs
Anyone who’s taken the time to enjoy the many scenic opportunities afforded by Philly’s waterways has had that moment—you’re soaking in the green and sunshine, marveling at the natural beauty of a river or stream cutting through the urban landscape. And then, some ugly piece of litter breaks the mirage, reminding you that you are, indeed, still in a very big city. One with a trash problem.
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Good Conversations, Good Community, Good Water: Big SandBox Lands Knight Grant
April 20, 2015
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Public Affairs
Our green infrastructure projects are nothing without coordinated partnerships and a healthy dose of organic community input to help them take shape and grow. Now, thanks to a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Knight Cities Challenge grant*, The Big SandBox, one of our green school program partners, will have the means ($149,000 of it!) to make that happen at four Philadelphia schools. The Bi
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