PWD Director of Laboratory Services to EPA: Update Drinking Water Standards!
January 23, 2015
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Public Affairs
One of those is Gary Burlingame, our Director of the Bureau of Laboratory Services. Gary oversees a staff of 120 people and an annual budget exceeding $10 million focused on drinking water, source water, wastewater, sediment, sludge, and more. He is a thought leader in the industry, widely published on the topic of the sensory aspects of drinking water—what you see, taste and smell in your water—h
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Reality TV idea: Chasing Down Delinquent Ratepayers
February 13, 2013
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Public Affairs
One of the biggest complaints we hear from our ratepayers is the idea that while they pay their bills on time and in full, others who are perfectly able to pay are delinquent and getting their water for free.
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Literally, Breaking News
August 7, 2012
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Paul Fugazzotto
Pipes, mains, lines – these water infrastructure words have been a hot topic in the Philadelphia news the past few weeks.
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That’s Progress: Mayor Nutter Releases Greenworks Update for 2012
June 20, 2012
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Public Affairs
We’re at the halfway point of Greenworks—the plan that outlines how Philadelphia will become the greenest city in America by 2015—and giant steps have been taken toward sustainability.
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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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Green Streets Start With Clean Streets
January 25, 2012
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Matthew Fritch
As public-service campaigns go, the Streets Department’s UnLitter Us initiative is making a huge impact around the city.
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Storage Wars: Philadelphia’s Green Infrastructure Takes On Lee and Irene
September 22, 2011
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Matthew Fritch
The Philadelphia Water Department’s green infrastructure projects—tree trenches, rain gardens, porous paving and planters, just to name a few—are designed to store and infiltrate stormwater runoff into the ground.
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Porous Repouring At Waterview Rec Center
September 20, 2011
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Matthew Fritch
A portion of the porous concrete sidewalk in front of East Germantown’s Waterview Recreation Center was replaced yesterday; the surface of the sidewalk was spalling, or breaking apart.
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This Place Is BMPing: Wises Mill Run Stormwater Wetland
September 9, 2011
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Matthew Fritch
Wises Mill Run, a tributary of Wissahickon Creek, is a waterway that’s severely impacted by stormwater flows. After storms, the nearby neighborhood’s storm sewers discharge a large volume of water into Wises Mill Run, resulting in erosion of the creek’s bed.
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Philly’s First Porous Street 1, Hurricane Irene 0
September 6, 2011
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Matthew Fritch
We’ll have a more detailed post in the coming week concerning the performance of Philadelphia’s green stormwater infrastructure during Hurricane Irene, but the preliminary report from Percy Street—the city’s first porous street, unveiled in June—indicates a unanimous victory for this green project:
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