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All posts tagged: Pollution

PWD Opens Its First Biogas-to-Energy Facility

November 29, 2013  |  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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Talkin’ ‘Bout Cogeneration

February 24, 2012  |  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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A Century Of Water Filtration

June 30, 2011  |  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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