Tired of Dumping?
February 21, 2013 | Public Affairs
311. That’s the number of tires PWD’s Waterways Restoration Team pulled out of Frankford Creek in early February.
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11 For 2011: Bells Mill Stream Restoration
December 30, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
PWD has been working to return streams to their natural state and create stable, healthy waterways able to sustain native vegetation and aquatic life.
Read More →Keeping Schuylkill Waters Clean: Agriculture Pollution
November 29, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
The Schuylkill Action Network works with farmers to lessen the impact of agricultural runoff (fertilizer, cow manure) on the creeks and streams in the Schuylkill watershed.
Read More →News Stream: Schuylkill Restoration Projects
October 21, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Seven projects in the Schuylkill River watershed will receive funding from the Schuylkill River Restoration Fund to improve water quality and address remediation issues.
Read More →You’re Invited: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Poster Presentation
August 16, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Join us at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center tomorrow, August 17, from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Read More →The Big Green Map Gets An Upgrade
August 4, 2011 | webmaster
New Video: 2011 Drinking Water Scholastic Awards
August 3, 2011 | webmaster
In May, the Schuylkill Action Network held its 2011 Drinking Water Scholastic Awards at the Upper Perkiomen School District Education Center.
Read More →View From The Pontoon Boat
July 28, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Sometimes we talk about water cleanliness and river health in abstract-sounding ways: in terms of pollutants, sediment and dissolved oxygen levels.
Read More →Go Fish: American Shad Spotted In Schuylkill Above Norristown For The First Time In Almost 200 Years
July 1, 2011 | Brian Rademaekers
While the shad sighting just below Black Rock Dam (see map above) is a measure of success for the fishways, PWD biologist Lance Butler also notes that “the resurgence of shad is an indicator or returning ecology to Schuylkill.”
Read More →Life Aquatic: Mayfly
June 27, 2011 | Public Affairs
When the Philadelphia Water Department’s aquatic biologists investigate Philadelphia’s streams and rivers to take stock of the number and variety of species inhabiting our waterways (they call this process a bioassessment), they pay special attention to mayflies.
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