When Green City, Clean Waters started 10 years ago, a key factor in the plan’s success would be growing a green economy through collaborations with local businesses....
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If we could be doing something better, we want to know about it. If we’re doing something that you love — we want to hear about that, too. Everything we do is funded by your water bill, so we want to make sure we’re providing you with the best services possible....
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Through dedication, strategic planning, prudent financial management, and creative thinking, we didn’t just maintain critical services: we moved forward. Here's how....
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Our largest pumping station—the Torresdale Filtered Water Pumping Station—is about to get its biggest makeover since it was constructed 70 years ago....
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Through a learning exchange program hosted by The Nature Conservancy, our Deputy Commissioner of Planning & Environmental Services and Public Engagement Team Manager, recently met with representatives from the San Juan-based Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña....
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It was a momentous year for the Philadelphia Water Department. See how 2019 was a year defined by change and progress....
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Herbie Hickmott, Senior Graphic Designer for PWD, shares some of his favorite photos from shoots done over the last few months....
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A sort of campus that serves as a state-of-the-art training and operations hub for the City’s sewer infrastructure workforce, the project cost approximately $17 million to build....
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It's Infrastructure Week 2019. We’re joining the campaign to highlight the stuff that keeps our city running and starting off with some big news: Mayor Kenney just announced the next Philadelphia Water Department Commissioner....
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Cottman Avenue between the Roosevelt Boulevard and Castor Avenue is about to get greener, brighter and safer. But first, the team of departments designing the projects wants to hear from the public at a December 4 open house....
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Penn State Public Media recently launched an interactive website to accompany the documentary, Water Blues, Green Solutions, which features Philadelphia prominently.
GreenTreks is sharing stories that change the world! GreenTreks, a Philadelphia based non-profit communications firm, created some recent shorts focusing on the exciting neighborhood greening progr...
Tune into WHYY at 1:30pm this Sunday to catch the Water Blues, Green Solutions film by PennState!