Good Dogs: Photos from the Queen Village Spokesdog Competition
June 8, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Here’s our photo essay from last weekend’s Philly Water’s Best Friend competition at Mario Lanza Park in Queen Village.
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Saturday: Northern Liberties Spokesdog Competition
June 7, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
It’s like awards season for dogs: Last weekend, Queen Village crowned Joey Bag-o-Donuts as its ambassadog, and this weekend, Northern Liberties will hold its judging and awards ceremony on Saturday, June 9 at 3:00 p.m. at Liberty Lands.
Read More →National Geographic: Philadelphia Cleans Up Stormwater With Innovative Program
| Matthew Fritch
An article in yesterday’s National Geographic daily news lauds the Philadelphia Water Department’s Green City, Clean Waters plan and makes some interesting points about Philly’s tradition of innovation in water management.
Read More →The Clean Water Bargain: PWD’s Rising Costs
June 6, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
As we wrote in our post explaining what it means to be a “cost of service” utility, PWD doesn’t operate to make a profit.
Read More →King of Queen Village: Joey Bag-o-Donuts Takes Home QV Spokesdog Crown
June 5, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
On Saturday, the Philadelphia Water Department and a panel of judges awarded the Philly Water’s Best Friend title in Queen Village to … Joey Bag-o-Donuts!
Read More →Tomorrow: Queen Village Spokesdog Judging and Awards Ceremony
June 1, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
The wait is almost over—tomorrow, Saturday June 2 at 10 a.m. at Mario Lanza Park, Queen Village will crown its spokesdog.
Read More →Happy Birthday, Green City, Clean Waters!
| Brian Rademaekers
No matter how many times we explain to the bakery that we want a cake shaped like a stormwater bumpout that reads “Happy First Anniversary of the Consent Agreement, Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plan Update,” they just seem confused.
Read More →Upstream Battle: Shad Ascend Schuylkill Past Phoenixville for First Time in Almost 200 Years
May 31, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Last summer, we celebrated the spotting of American shad below the Black Rock Dam near Phoenixville—the first time the native species had been observed above Norristown since 1820. This summer, the shad look to shatter that record.
Read More →The Clean Water Bargain: Bond…Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bond
May 29, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
OK, maybe not as exciting as that other Bond we’ve been watching since Dr. No came out in 1962, but this bond—along with several of its brothers and sisters—does just as much to keep us from suffering major disasters at the hands of diabolical enemies (in our case, rust, corrosion, wear, and damage).
Read More →In Print: 2012 Drinking Water Quality Report
May 25, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Around here, the arrival of a new Drinking Water Quality Report is met with the same kind of enthusiasm that more normal people might reserve for, say, a new Hunger Games novel or some unpublished J.D. Salinger manuscripts.
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