A rolling collection of stories, tips, and news powered by the people of the Philadelphia Water Department.
The Philadelphia Water Department recently announced its proposal to seek rate changes, beginning October 1, 2012 to maintain the City’s top-quality drinking water distribution, alleviate flooding, meet regulatory requirements and improve the quality of local rivers and streams.
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The spotlight is shining on Philadelphia at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Pass by the 800 block of tiny Percy Street near the Italian Market in South Philadelphia and you may not even notice that you’re in the presence of Philadelphia’s first street to be retrofitted with porous paving.
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This week, world leaders are gathered at the UN Conference of Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And what are they talking about? Philadelphia, for one –
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Hey, that doesn’t look like the Schuylkill River. Pictured above is Rio de Janeiro, Philadelphia’s sister city in the U.S.-Brazil Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability (JIUS).
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We’re at the halfway point of Greenworks—the plan that outlines how Philadelphia will become the greenest city in America by 2015—and giant steps have been taken toward sustainability.
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As we mentioned in our previous post comparing Philadelphia Water Department rates to those of neighboring utilities, the average Philadelphian uses about 600 cubic feet or almost 4,500 gallons.
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Philadelphia’s newest greenway—Gray’s Ferry Crescent, stretching from 34th Street to Wharton Street along the eastern bank of the Schulykill River—was dedicated earlier this week.
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The next time you’re at a party out in Delaware or Montgomery County, you may want to tread lightly on the subject of utility bills. A recent survey of the surrounding areas revealed that many water customers are paying double what the average customer in Philadelphia is paying.
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The Philly Watersheds Blog would like to take a siesta from the incessant posting of spokesdog photos to direct your attention toward a recent post on City Paper’s Naked City blog. Writer Isaiah Thompson asks PWD’s Chris Crockett and Adam Levine: What’s the story behind the little island in the middle of the Schuylkill?
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