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The plaza outside Thomas Jefferson University’s Dorrance H. Hamilton Building (located between 10th and 11th; Locust and Walnut streets) is an example of green stormwater infrastructure that’s barely visible to the naked eye.
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Tonight at Gorgas Park in Roxborough: Heart cover band Kick It Out. Be there by 7:00 p.m. to hear the band
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Sometimes we talk about water cleanliness and river health in abstract-sounding ways: in terms of pollutants, sediment and dissolved oxygen levels.
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Come out to Tacony Creek Park on Friday, July 29 and be part of a clean-up crew that includes the Philadelphia Water Department, Parks & Recreation and the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership.
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Who’s afraid of a little (or, in some cases, actually quite large) snapping turtle?
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It’s been almost a month since we last mentioned PWD’s green roof bus shelter at 15th and Market, and now that the novelty has died down, you might be wondering what all the fuss was about. After all, it’s only 60 square feet of green roof—how much of a difference can it really make?
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Today’s Philadelphia Inquirer featured a trifecta of water and watershed-related news:
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Beginning next week, storm drains in Pottsville—approximately 120 river miles upstream of Philadelphia—will be marked with the “No Dumping! Drains To River”
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Multiple BMPs at Waterview Recreation Center in East Germantown make this site a study in the different approaches to urban stormwater management.
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PWD’s Green City, Clean Waters plan isn’t just about the city installing porous paving and constructing stormwater tree trenches—you can get involved with the effort by undertaking projects on your own property.
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