PWD Opens Its First Biogas-to-Energy Facility
November 29, 2013
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Maggie Wood
Last Friday, City officials joined the Philadelphia Water Department and Ameresco as Mayor Nutter cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of PWD’s new biogas co-generation facility at the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant.
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Waste Not: Philadelphia Turns Sewage Into Energy
April 17, 2012
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Matthew Fritch
The big news around here is, as Forbes Magazine so elegantly put it, Hot Poop. More specifically, what hot poop can do for energy costs.
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Tomorrow: Soak It Up, Kensington
February 29, 2012
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Matthew Fritch
Join us tomorrow, Thursday March 1 in front of the Shissler Recreation Center at 4:30 for the premiere Soak It Up, Philly! event.
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Talkin’ ‘Bout Cogeneration
February 24, 2012
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Matthew Fritch
Don’t let the painfully boring photo1 of the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant fool you—exciting things are happening in Bridesburg.
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In The News: Water, Watersheds Everywhere
July 21, 2011
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Matthew Fritch
Today’s Philadelphia Inquirer featured a trifecta of water and watershed-related news:
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A Century Of Water Filtration
June 30, 2011
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Matthew Fritch
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Philadelphia’s water filtration system, completed with the construction of the Queen Lane Filters in 1911.
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