{"id":746,"date":"2016-05-26T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/sustainability-first-friday-fishtown-celebrate-5-years-cleaner-water-through-greener-neighborhoods\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T13:15:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T18:15:52","slug":"sustainability-first-friday-fishtown-celebrate-5-years-cleaner-water-through-greener-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/sustainability-first-friday-fishtown-celebrate-5-years-cleaner-water-through-greener-neighborhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability First Friday in Fishtown: Celebrate 5 Years of Cleaner Water Through Greener Neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhat we\u2019re celebrating: After five years of Green City, Clean Waters, Philadelphia has enough green infrastructure\/improved stormwater management to reduce pollution by over 600 million gallons in 2016. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Philadelphia Water will be celebrating <\/strong>a major Green City, Clean Waters <\/em>achievement<\/a>\u2014meeting the program\u2019s five-year pollution-reduction targets<\/a>\u2014at Fishtown\u2019s Lutheran Settlement House<\/a> (LSH) during the neighborhood\u2019s Sustainability First Friday gathering on June 3 from 5 to 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members of our Public Engagement team will be at the site\u2019s community garden\/farm with a cool model that shows how green stormwater infrastructure works, and students from the after school program will be learning all about water systems and sustainability. First Friday-goers are invited to join in<\/strong>, and we\u2019ll have special Green City, Clean Waters <\/em>cards<\/a> that let you show your support for protecting our rivers with green investments in a fun way.<\/p>\n

As the Green City, Clean Waters <\/em>cards accumulate, they\u2019ll be shared through social media<\/a> and will eventually be added to a larger temporary photo montage at the Fairmount Water Works.<\/p>\n

Located at Frankford Avenue and Master Street, LSH is an ideal place to take stock of what Green City, Clean Waters <\/em>has done for Philadelphia in just the first five years of the 25-year program<\/a>. When the facility, which provides a variety of services to city residents, undertook renovations last year, they used a Philadelphia Water Stormwater Incentives Management Program (SMIP)<\/a> grant to go an extra step that adds beauty to the property while also protecting the nearby Delaware River.<\/p>\n

A total of $20,000 provided through SMIP<\/a> allowed LSH to de-pave a parking lot and replace the asphalt with porous pavement and grass. Now, in place of a sunbaked, water-repelling patch of blacktop, they have a green infrastructure system that keeps about 3,260 gallons of polluted runoff out our waterways <\/strong>each time Philly gets an inch of rain.<\/p>\n

Compared to the network of green tools at the nearby Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School<\/a>, the green lot at LSH might seem small. But, really, it all adds up\u2014during an average year of rainfall, their project will manage about 133,620 gallons of stormwater runoff!<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s because of all the green infrastructure projects<\/a>\u2014big and small, public and private\u2014created through Green City, Clean Waters <\/em>since 2011 that the City was able to meet its five-year target of reducing stormwater runoff<\/a> and combined sewer overflow pollution by over 600 million gallons (see graphic at top) in 2016.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a big deal<\/strong>, and events like this First Friday gathering are our way of celebrating the accomplishment<\/a> and thanking the people and organizations (like LSH) who made it possible.<\/p>\n

You can read all about our \u201c5 Down\u201d milestone<\/a> and what\u2019s in store for the next 20 years here<\/a>. We hope you\u2019ll join us in marking this monumental Philly program and show your support for growing Green City, Clean Waters<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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