Upcoming – Green City, Clean Waters Info. Session
August 29, 2013
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Public Affairs
The Water Department will hold the monthly Green City, Clean Water Information Session next Wednesday, September 11th, from 6pm to 7pm in the Municipal Services Building, 16th Floor, Room C. The Municipal Services Building is located at 1401 JFK Blvd, near City Hall.
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Congratulations to the 2013 SMIP Grant Recipients!
August 13, 2013
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Matthew Fritch
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) are pleased to announce that just under $5 million has been award in grants to promote stormwater management projects.
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Julian Abele Park Grand Reopening
May 24, 2013
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Public Affairs
Love your Park week came to a close on Saturday, May 18th with events and festivities around the City. One of these events was the grand reopening of Julian Abele Park in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood.
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Calling all Engineers!
May 10, 2013
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Maggie Wood
Are you an engineer? Interested in green stormwater management? Engineering design, construction and planning for the City’s Green City Clean Waters Program? The Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Implementation Program has graduate engineer civil service positions available.
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NatLab Report Features Philadelphia as Laboratory for Green Infrastructure Finance
March 28, 2013
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Public Affairs
Earlier this month, NatLab published Creating Clean Water Cash Flows, an in-depth report chock full of ideas for financing green infrastructure that features the Philadelphia Water Department.
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What’s the future of Philadelphia’s waterways?
March 20, 2013
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Public Affairs
Wrapping up the Infill Philadelphia: Soak it Up! design initiative, special guest Eric Sanderson, director of the Mannahatta Project, will host a conversation on Thursday, March 21st about the future of urban waterways at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.
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Cost Savings Week Begins With A Project That Will Save Billions!
February 11, 2013
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Public Affairs
During our last blog series we talked about how the rising costs of “big ticket items” are a large part of what’s driving PWD’s rate adjustments. We should also explain that we aren’t proposing these adjustments without first doing everything we can to balance increasing costs with cuts to our expenses.
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Giving Thanks
November 21, 2012
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Public Affairs
In the spirit of the season, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) would like to extend its warmest thanks to its staff and multitude of partners that have officially launched Green City, Clean Waters this past year.
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UN Sustainability Conference in Brazil Puts the Spotlight on Philly
June 21, 2012
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Matthew Fritch
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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A Tale of Two Cities: Philadelphia and Rio de Janeiro Lead the Transition to Sustainability
June 20, 2012
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Matthew Fritch
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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