San Juan Explores Philly’s Green Solutions: Our GSI experts met with San Juan’s environmental champions.
February 27, 2020
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Grace Maiorano
Through a learning exchange program hosted by The Nature Conservancy, our Deputy Commissioner of Planning & Environmental Services and Public Engagement Team Manager, recently met with representatives from the San Juan-based Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña.
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Green City, Clean Waters Sites That Took Root in 2019: Looking at some of our favorite projects from the program’s eighth year
February 14, 2020
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Grace Maiorano
Our Green City, Clean Waters program celebrates nine years in June. Here are some highlights from 2019.
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Top Five Reasons to Soak It Up with PWD: Could your local group benefit from green infrastructure minigrants?
December 12, 2019
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Dan Schupsky
We’re looking for new organizations to join our small but mighty Soak It Up Adoption roster, ideally in January 2020.
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More Than a Rain Garden in Strawberry Mansion: Green Initiative Cleans Water, Keeps Community in Mind
September 11, 2019
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Public Affairs
The newest Strawberry Mansion green initiative was primarily designed to manage local stormwater and protect the Schuylkill River but also helps the neighborhood in several other ways.
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Explore Your Property on Revamped ‘Parcel Viewer’ Web App: Interactive Map Boosts Stormwater Fee Transparency
July 26, 2019
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Public Affairs
New web features make it easier than ever to see how we determine stormwater fees by looking at which parts of a property are draining into City sewers. Having that knowledge is the first step to filing an appeal if you think we got it wrong.
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On Earth Day, Think About How a Water Utility Can Help Our Planet
April 21, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
While the Philadelphia Water Department’s core mission is to provide our 1.5 million customers with constant access to safe, clean drinking water, a big part of doing that job involves protecting and improving our local rivers and creeks.
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Cleaner Streets = Cleaner Rivers and Creeks
April 19, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
With more than 900 projects scattered across the city, this Saturday’s Philly Spring Cleanup was the largest ever—and that’s a pretty big deal considering this volunteer-driven event has already been praised as “America’s biggest single-day urban cleanup” for years now.
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Green City, Clean Waters Is About to Grow Up. We Want to Hear from You.
February 11, 2016
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Brian Rademaekers
This June is a big one for Philadelphia Water.
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‘Invisible Flying Rivers’: How Trees Help Manage Stormwater: It’s a pretty abstract concept, but Antonio Nobre, one of Brazil’s leading climate scientists, described the impact of e
November 30, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
It’s a pretty abstract concept, but Antonio Nobre, one of Brazil’s leading climate scientists, described the impact of evapotranspiration in a very cool way while talking to NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro in early November:
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Join Us: Updates on E. Poplar and Point Breeze Green Infrastructure Improvements
October 12, 2015
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Brian Rademaekers
We have two community meetings coming up this week to update residents on plans for green infrastructure improvements in their neighborhoods. These meetings are designed to provide important information about upcoming construction and to get feedback from neighbors, so if you live near one of these projects, please come out to learn more!
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