Two Rivers One Water
May 30, 2014 | Public Affairs
It’s summer time! What could be better than spending your summer outside in warm weather, then cooling off with a refreshing glass of cold water?
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Fish Food for Thought
May 23, 2014 | Paul Fugazzotto
PWD’s Lance Butler and Joe Perillo were working last week and found this very large striped bass. Pretty amazing to see aquatic life like this from a river that was once too polluted to support it.
Read More →PWD Engineers Win Watershed Milestone Awards!
May 19, 2014 | Public Affairs
The Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) has recognized two PWD engineers from the Office of Watersheds with their annual Watershed Milestone award!
Read More →Is it too soon to talk about storm flood relief?
May 16, 2014 | Public Affairs
Well this is certainly a topic that is fresh in everyone’s minds as recent extreme rains have left basements flooded, cars wrecked, roads closed, and our Water Works temporarily out of commission.
Read More →PWD Offering Decorative Rain Barrels
May 15, 2014 | Public Affairs
The Philadelphia Water Department is offering rain barrels to local businesses, libraries, and any faith-based sites, free of charge for both the barrel and installation process!
Read More →5 ways PWD aims to be a model 21st Century urban water utility
May 7, 2014 | Paul Fugazzotto
To start off our series about points from the budget testimony PWD delivered this week, we wanted to share a couple of quick pieces for background—our mission and our short- and long-term goals.
Read More →Uncover the Green Winner Announced!
May 6, 2014 | Public Affairs
Congratulations to Lauren Hoover, a Tyler School of Art undergraduate, who won the top prize for the medallion design competition! Lauren’s Uncover the Green design recognizes the history and integrity of the City’s existing infrastructure (our sewer pipes) and acknowledges our urban setting with a nod to the green path that we’re on to clean up our creeks and rivers.
Read More →PWD Year-In-Review: Two Rivers, One Water, 12 Exciting Months
May 5, 2014 | Paul Fugazzotto
Every spring, each department of the city government testifies in front of City Council during the hearings about the budget for the next fiscal year.
Read More →Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrating the Daylighting of the West Branch of Indian Creek
May 2, 2014 | Chris Anderson
On Friday, April 25th, the Water Department and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District joined the Overbrook community for a ribbon-cutting celebrating the daylighting of the West Branch of Indian Creek.
Read More →EarthFest Celebration
April 28, 2014 | Public Affairs
Friday, April 25th marked the 12th anniversary of Temple University, Ambler’s EarthFest Celebration.This campus-wide celebration of Earth Day is dedicated to spread awareness on ways of being environmental friendly and the different methods of sustainability.
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