Green City, Clean Waters Is About to Grow Up. We Want to Hear from You.
February 11, 2016 | 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 | 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:
Read More →Join Us: Updates on E. Poplar and Point Breeze Green Infrastructure Improvements
October 12, 2015 | 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!
Read More →City Council Imagined a Day Without Water – And They Didn’t Like It
October 6, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
As a part of the national “Imagine a Day Without Water” campaign, City Council backed a resolution recognizing the importance of our water infrastructure and the need for both local and federal investment to maintain the pipes and systems that deliver, remove and treat our water.
Read More →New Video: Philly Water Art Strengthens River Connections
September 23, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
Since the dozens of colorful vinyl pieces created by artist Eurhi Jones for Waterways were designed to act as steppingstones linking Pretzel Park to a vastly improved Venice Island Performing Arts and Recreation Center with tons of important stormwater features, we wanted to know how many people knew about those improvements.
Read More →Community Meeting for Lanier Park Stormwater Improvements
September 10, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
This project is part of Philadelphia’s Green City, Clean Waters program which works to improve the health of our local rivers. By storing rain water under the park and then letting it soak into the ground through natural processes, we can help keep the Schuylkill River clean. Philadelphia Water’s construction work will start before the overall Lanier Playground Improvement Project planned by Parks
Read More →New and Improved Ralph Brooks Park Manages Stormwater with Green Tools
September 4, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
After three years of fundraising, planning, design, and construction, the Point Breeze community officially welcomed a tremendously improved Ralph Brooks Park at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday.
Read More →What Plumbers and Contractors Need to Know About GSI
August 26, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
We can’t say it enough: Green City, Clean Waters represents a major shift in the way we think about and do infrastructure. That means the tools we use to effectively manage stormwater—collectively called Green Stormwater Infrastructure or GSI—look and work differently than the traditional pipes and sewers people are used to seeing.
Read More →New Living Wall Acts as a Billboard for Green Tools
August 10, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
Philadelphia residents and tourists in the city’s historic Independence Hall area can now soak in a truly stunning piece of green infrastructure. Thanks to a partnership between Philadelphia Water, the National Park Service, Independence National Historical Park and SHIFT DESIGN, a breathtaking new “living wall” is now managing stormwater runoff from the roof of the Department of Interior building
Read More →Community Gets Updates on North Phila. Green Improvements
July 28, 2015 | Brian Rademaekers
The Hope Partnership for Education and other community members in North Philadelphia got an update on Green City, Clean Waters improvements planned for their area during the Hope Community Day celebration on Saturday, July 25.
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