Dive In Before the Deadline!
November 14, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Designers! Take the plunge and help make our communities green, clean and beautiful with your expertise and innovation. Oh – and win $10K while you’re at it!
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Get Off Your Lawn
October 3, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Delaware Riverkeeper Maya Van Rossum has One Great Idea for Philadelphia: Plant native shrubs and trees where possible on your lawn to absorb and filter stormwater runoff that can erode and damage creeks and streams. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Read More →Soak It Up Cafe: Now Accepting Reservations
September 18, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Join the Philadelphia Water Department at the Soak it Up Café for this year’s Park(ing) Day on Friday, September 21st from 9:30-5:00. Park(ing) Day is an annual, international event where metered parking spaces are converted into temporary public parks for the day.
Read More →New Hydrology Map Makes Way For Stream Buffers
September 10, 2012 | Mary Ellen McCarty
This week, the Philadelphia Water Department is submitting a hydrology map for approval by City Council.
Read More →Soak It Up In Style: Enter the Green Infrastructure Design Exhibition
July 13, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
Traditionally, most stormwater management features, like pipes and basins, lie underground and don’t rely much on design beyond the functional.
Read More →More from RIO+20!
July 5, 2012 | Paul Fugazzotto
The spotlight is shining on Philadelphia at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Read More →New Video: Philadelphia’s First Porous Street
June 22, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
Pass by the 800 block of tiny Percy Street near the Italian Market in South Philadelphia and you may not even notice that you’re in the presence of Philadelphia’s first street to be retrofitted with porous paving.
Read More →The Clean Water Bargain: Bond…Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bond
May 29, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
OK, maybe not as exciting as that other Bond we’ve been watching since Dr. No came out in 1962, but this bond—along with several of its brothers and sisters—does just as much to keep us from suffering major disasters at the hands of diabolical enemies (in our case, rust, corrosion, wear, and damage).
Read More →East Falls: You’ve Got Stormwater Bumpouts
April 4, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
News Stream: Mt. Airy Rain Barrels
March 23, 2012 | Matthew Fritch
The Philadelphia Water Department and the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District are rolling out the rain barrels along Germantown Avenue this spring.
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