Explore the Restoration Projects in Pennypack Park: Restoration projects are reshaping Pennypack Park to strengthen its natural environment.
December 31, 2025
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Jade Wright
Learn how stream restoration is helping Pennypack Park thrive — protecting our water systems, reducing erosion, and supporting wildlife. Residents may have seen construction crews working around Pennypack Park in the Northeast recently. The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) has two new ecological restoration projects taking place in the park: Benton Brook Sewer Protection and Stream […]
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Wissinoming Park Takes Center Stage: The green space is receiving local, state, and national praise.
July 7, 2022
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Grace Maiorano
Wissinoming Park is a crown jewel of Green City, Clean Waters.
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Cottman Streetscape Virtual Open House Open through Oct. 6: Live virtual presentation set for Sept. 22 —see proposed stormwater upgrades.
September 13, 2021
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Public Affairs
The latest draft of a Cottman Ave. concept plan detailing options for streetscape upgrades is complete and ready for public review and input through Oct. 6 via a virtual open house.
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Infrastructure Spotlight: Modernizing Our Biggest Pump Station: State awards $73.3M for Torresdale Rebuild
September 16, 2020
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Brian Rademaekers
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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See Updated Cottman Ave. Green Street Plans: New Open House Walk-In Hours for Input Next Week
July 16, 2019
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Public Affairs
Cottman Avenue’s makeover is advancing, and the City wants your input on a recently finalized concept plan. Come to the Northeast Regional Library between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23 to see all the big improvements in the works.
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Immigrant Heritage Month Spotlight: Meet Nafissa Bizo, an Engineer Protecting Philly Rivers
June 26, 2019
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Nafissa Bizo
We are celebrating the last week of Immigrant Heritage Month with a perspective fromNafissa Bizo, an Environmental Engineer who immigrated from Niger and now helps run a Water Pollution Control Plant.
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Have a Voice in Cottman Ave’s Brighter, Greener Future: Join us for a December 4 open house
November 29, 2018
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Cottman Avenue Streetscape Team
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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These 20 businesses teamed up to protect Philly water in a big way: What they did and how they did it
June 29, 2018
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Brian Rademaekers
Created with the help of a $1.6 million grant we issued through our stormwater program, the Sandmeyer Regional Stormwater Facility collects runoff from 20 industrial properties covering 40 acres along Sandmeyer Lane in the city’s Bustleton neighborhood.
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Happy #WorldTurtleDay, Philly!
May 23, 2018
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Brian Rademaekers
The American Tortoise Rescue organization has hosted this special day all about our shelled friends for the last 17 years to help people “celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world.” That mission strikes a cord with us because we often see (and occasionally interact with) turtles in our daily efforts to protect and improve Philadelphia waterways
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Stormwater Salvation: Could Your Faith-Based Group Get Help to Go Green + Save?
December 19, 2017
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Brian Rademaekers
Bethesda Presbyterian Church sits on a large plot of land in Northeast Philadelphia’s Bustleton neighborhood. The church’s monthly stormwater fees—higher than they would like—reflected the property’s large proportion of impervious surfaces, which put a considerable burden on the local sewers during storms.
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