Green Streets Start With Clean Streets
January 25, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
As public-service campaigns go, the Streets Department’s UnLitter Us initiative is making a huge impact around the city.
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Dog Days: Countdown to the Philly Water’s Best Friend Competition
January 20, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Queen Village and Northern Liberties dog owners: Only 26 days left to register your pooch for the Philly Water’s Best Friend competition!
Read More →When The SMIP Comes In: $5 Million In Grants To Businesses And Non-Profits For Stormwater Management
January 18, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
The Stormwater Management Incentives Program (SMIP) was created to help businesses and non-profits green large, impervious properties and unburden the city’s sewer system from high volumes of stormwater runoff.
Read More →Watershed History: Philadelphia Filtration
January 17, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
2012 marks the bicentennial of the opening of the Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia’s claim to fame as the first large American city to provide safe water to its residents.
Read More →Green City, Clean Waters Art Contest Open to Philly Students
January 12, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Picasso’s Blue Period was OK, we suppose, but we think green will be the color of choice for up-and-coming Philadelphia artists for the next 25 years or so.
Read More →River Wardens: Students Learn How to Protect the Schuylkill
January 11, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
The Schuylkill Action Network has announced its eighth annual student contest for projects related to drinking water protection in the Schuylkill watershed. A recent Newsworks article highlighted some of the details of the contest:
Read More →Want Vs. Need
January 9, 2012 | Public Affairs
Check out Denver Water’s Use Only What You Need campaign for some clever photos, posters and videos about water conservation.
Read More →This Place Is BMPing: Saylor Grove
January 6, 2012 | Matt Fritch, Environmental Engineer
Before the Philadelphia Water Department constructed a stormwater wetland at Saylor Grove in Fairmount Park, the area received an excessive amount of runoff that drained into Monoshone Creek, a tributary to the Wissahickon, resulting in erosion of the Monoshone and impaired water quality.
Read More →This Saturday: Green Roofs 101
January 4, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Want to know the basics behind green roofs? Join master gardener Stephanie Alarcon on Saturday, January 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Horticultural Center in Fairmount Park for a discussion on the fundamental issues in green roof planning.
Read More →Free and Easy (and Mandatory): Upgrade Your Water Meter
| Matthew Fritch
The Philadelphia Water Department is working with Itron, a company that specializes in automatic meter readers, to upgrade water meters citywide over the next two years.
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