{"id":95,"date":"2019-04-02T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/cataldi-raves-about-philly-tap\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T11:45:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T16:45:10","slug":"cataldi-raves-about-philly-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/cataldi-raves-about-philly-tap\/","title":{"rendered":"WIP&#8217;s Angelo Cataldi Raves About Philly Tap &#8211; &#8216;It&rsquo;s AMAZING!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"big\">Radio personality <strong>Angelo Cataldi<\/strong> recently moved to Philly, and it didn&#39;t take him long to become<strong> an ambassador\u00a0for our city&#39;s top-quality tap water.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a special guest calling into <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/angelo-cataldi-and-the-morning-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his popular morning show<\/a>, he can now officially boast that title as <strong>Philly&#39;s first-ever Honorary Tap Water Ambassador.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gZbabSnnqz\">pic.twitter.com\/gZbabSnnqz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Angelo Cataldi (@AngeloCataldi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngeloCataldi\/status\/1113037974348972032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>After having a taste at the spigot that instantly won him over, he saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philly.com\/news\/philadelphia\/philadelphia-tap-water-ambassadors-drink-20190322.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news\u00a0coverage<\/a>\u00a0about recruiting efforts for an exciting new PWD-partner project: the\u00a0<strong>Tap Water Ambassadors<\/strong> program.<\/p>\n<p>Cataldi <strong>loves Philly tap<\/strong> so much, he made a (very persuasive) pitch to become a<strong> Tap Water Ambassador<\/strong>\u00a0on air during his\u00a0show.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tapping H2O Advocates<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The\u00a0grant-funded\u00a0Tap Water Ambassadors program,\u00a0inspired by PWD&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/pwddev.wpengine.com\/blog\/2019-customer-survey-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">customer survey<\/a> results, is raising the profile of <strong>Philly&#39;s top-quality water<\/strong> in communities where uncertainty about water quality and safety push many residents to purchase <strong>expensive bottled water for home consumption<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Our partners include the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pennenvironmentcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PennEnvironment Policy and\u00a0Research Center<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morechange.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keep The Change<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.postlandfill.org\/\"> Post Landfill Action Network<\/a>. The first corps of ambassadors\u00a0will consist of 25 Philly residents\u2014<strong>true believers in our water quality<\/strong>\u2014who can speak directly to their neighbors about the many perks of choosing to drink Philly tap at home.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#39;re still reviewing the <strong>hundreds of hopeful Ambassadors<\/strong> who got their\u00a0applications in before the March 25 deadline, PWD Commissioner Debra McCarty granted\u00a0Cataldi with Honorary status for his help in spreading the word about Philly tap as<strong>\u00a0safe, high quality, sustainable, and affordable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to learn more? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us for the debut of the\u00a0<strong>Philly Water Bar<\/strong> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phillyh2o.info\/water-bar-kickoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 24th in the Courtyard at City Hall<\/a>. From noon to 1 p.m., we\u2019ll be offering <strong>free pours<\/strong> of the amazing Philly tap that Cataldi loves\u2014<strong>at a bar-like setting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><a class=\"btn btn-lg btn-primary white bold\" fb-waterbar=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/phillyh2o.info\/fb-waterbar\">Invite Friends to the Philly Water Bar!<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5>Listen to Commissioner\u00a0McCarty&#39;s call-in below, and don&#39;t forget to invite your friends to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2295778750473195\/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22[]%5C%22%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philly Water Bar kickoff<\/a>!<\/h5>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"180px\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/angelo-cataldi-and-the-morning-team\/debora-mccarty\/embed\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One the biggest voices on local airwaves just earned himself the title of Honorary Tap Water Ambassador and an open invite to bartend at the Philly Water Bar, which debuts April 24 in the City Hall Courtyard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"custom_css":"","custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[31,35,59],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-drinking-water","tag-event","tag-media-mention","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/cataldi-raves-about-philly-tap\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"WIP&#8217;s Angelo Cataldi Raves About Philly Tap &#8211; &#8216;It&rsquo;s AMAZING!&#8217;","url":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/cataldi-raves-about-philly-tap\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/cataldi-raves-about-philly-tap\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Events","author":[],"creator":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"@PhillyH2O Blog","logo":""},"keywords":["drinking water","event","media mention"],"dateCreated":"2019-04-02T21:15:00Z","datePublished":"2019-04-02T21:15:00Z","dateModified":"2022-12-03T16:45:10Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"WIP&#8217;s Angelo Cataldi Raves About Philly Tap &#8211; &#8216;It&rsquo;s AMAZING!&#8217;\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/cataldi-raves-about-philly-tap\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/cataldi-raves-about-philly-tap\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Events\",\"author\":[],\"creator\":[],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"@PhillyH2O Blog\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"drinking water\",\"event\",\"media mention\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2019-04-02T21:15:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-02T21:15:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-03T16:45:10Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/phila.gov\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}