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All posts tagged: Green Infrastructure





Most Sustainable In Show: PWD Flower Show Display Wins Sustainability Award

March 13, 2012  |  Matthew Fritch

The 2012 International Flower Show, which wrapped up last week, aimed to take visitors on a trip to Hawaii. The Philadelphia Water Department’s display, however, kept it right here in Philly, demonstrating how green roofs, rain gardens and other green infrastructure can beautify our city while managing stormwater runoff that pollutes our rivers and streams.

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Thank You For Soaking (It Up)

March 2, 2012  |  Matthew Fritch

Yesterday’s inaugural Soak It Up, Philly! event took place in New Kensington, where the Philadelphia Water Department showed off the Green Streets that are helping to improve the health of Philly’s rivers and streams.

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This Place Is BMPing: Liberty Lands

February 8, 2012  |  Matthew Fritch

After the EPA remediated the site of a former tannery in Northern Liberties in the late 1980s, the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association turned the former brownfield into a park.

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