{"id":795,"date":"2019-10-31T19:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/history-days-without-water\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T11:38:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T16:38:10","slug":"history-days-without-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/history-days-without-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Have We Had \u2018A Day Without Water\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, we asked Philadelphia<\/a> to \u201cimagine a day without water,\u201d joining a conversation that communities across the nation engaged in on October 23 thanks to The Value of Water Campaign<\/strong><\/a>\u2014an ongoing effort to highlight the real need for infrastructure investment and source water protection.<\/big><\/p>\n

That made us wonder: since the first homes and factories enjoyed the modern marvel of water-on-demand, what\u2019s the closest we\u2019ve come to having no water?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the Beginning…<\/h3>\n

Since 1801, when Philadelphia began providing water for domestic use, street-cleaning and firefighting, the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers\u2014our source of water then and now\u2014<\/strong>have suffered through many drastic droughts.<\/p>\n

But, no matter how low the rivers have fallen, we always managed to keep the water flowing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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