Tonight: Clean Water Is Good Business
October 20, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
The green roof on PECO’s building in Center City (pictured above) is certainly one way that businesses practice good stormwater management.
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You’re Invited: Green Home, Clean Waters
July 18, 2011 | Public Affairs
PWD’s Green City, Clean Waters plan isn’t just about the city installing porous paving and constructing stormwater tree trenches—you can get involved with the effort by undertaking projects on your own property.
Read More →Required Reading: A Vision For The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed
July 14, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership has just released the final version of its plan for the restoration, revitalization and future health of the watershed.
Read More →This Place Is BMPing: Cliveden Park
June 9, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Cliveden Park collects runoff from two city blocks in Mt. Airy, thanks to a rain garden featuring step pools (pictured above).
Read More →News Stream: Media Coverage of Green City, Clean Waters Approval
June 3, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Wednesday’s agreement between the Philadelphia Water Department and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to approve PWD’s Green City, Clean Waters plan drew widespread media attention.
Read More →Eadom Street Depaving Project
May 31, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Philadelphia’s first depaving project at Eadom and Bridge streets—located just west of I-95 in Frankford—is well underway.
Read More →The Big Green Block
| Brian Rademaekers
Philadelphia Water continues to work with a coalition of local nonprofits and community groups on the Big Green Block, a multi-component sustainability project at and around Shissler Recreation Center and the Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts.
Read More →Tree Planting Tips
May 19, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Trees are not only beautiful, they also clean the air, stabilize soil and create habitats for birds and other critters.
Read More →You’re Invited: We Are Our Water
| Matthew Fritch
Join us at the Urban Sustainability Forum tonight from 6:00 to 6:30 at the Academy of Natural Sciences’ Main Auditorium for We Are Our Water: How to Protect Our Health, Communities, and Pocketbooks by Using Water Wisely.
Read More →Stream Restoration: Whitaker Ave
May 4, 2011 | Matthew Fritch
Our green works aren’t confined to stormwater infrastructure such as tree trenches and rain gardens.
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