Philly STEM Students Hack Rain Barrel, Invent Ultimate Chill Spot
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 | Brian.R
What do you get when you combine lawn furniture, green infrastructure and electronics?...
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Big News: Green City, Clean Waters Blows Past Year Five Targets
Monday, June 20, 2016 | Brian.R
The City of Philadelphia announced a major achievement accomplished through the Green City, Clean Waters program at a June 16 celebration marking the five-year anniversary of the Green Stormwater Infrastructure plan’s adoption....
Read More →Get Wild about Watersheds, Urban Greening and West Philly Nature
Monday, June 13, 2016 | Brian.R
Philadelphia Water is all about helping people understand the ways in which our lives and communities are intimately connected to the local waterways that sustain us....
Read More →Innovative Infrastructure: New Stations Expand Drinking Water Access, Curb Plastic Waste
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 | Brian.R
When people hear the word “infrastructure,” they think about roads, bridges and (if we’re lucky!) pipes....
Read More →Saving Ducklings and Protecting Watersheds: All In a Day's Work for Our Inlet Cleaning Crews!
Monday, May 16, 2016 | Brian.R
While they may be easy to overlook, you can find at least one of our 75,000-plus storm drains on nearly every street in Philadelphia. Designed to take stormwater away from our streets, storm drains (or inlets) form a direct connection between our neighborhoods and the watersheds in which we live....
Read More →Call for Artists to Shine Light on Green Stormwater Infrastructure!
Friday, April 8, 2016 | Brian.R
Philadelphia Water is collaborating with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program for Uncover the Green 2016, a new citywide design initiative celebrating the innovative tools and systems that make up Green City, Clean Waters, Philadelphia’s revolutionary green stormwater management program....
Read More →Green City, Clean Waters Is About to Grow Up. We Want to Hear from You.
Thursday, February 11, 2016 | Brian.R
This June is a big one for Philadelphia Water....
Read More →Calling landscapers and home contractors! Join our Rain Check Team
Friday, February 5, 2016 | Brian.R
Philadelphia Water, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and Sustainable Business Network are looking for qualified contractors to work with the Rain Check program. Through Rain Check, Philadelphia Water provides free rain barrels and helps residents pay for landscaping tools that manage stormwater and can beautify their properties....
Read More →Join Us: Green Infrastructure Planning Meeting for Point Breeze Vacant Lots
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 | Brian.R
You’re invited! Join Philadelphia Water and Councilman Kenyatta Johnson’s office to discuss plans for rain gardens on two publicly owned vacant lots in Point Breeze. Rain gardens are specially designed gardens that soak up stormwater when it rains....
Read More →Two-Year Rate Change Requested to Replace Water Mains, Sewers, Aging Infrastructure and More
Friday, January 8, 2016 | Brian.R
Today, we notified City Council and the City’s independent Water Rate Board that Philadelphia Water needs to request a rate increase that would go into effect on July 1, 2016....
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Water Blues, Green Solutions Launches Website
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