{"id":99,"date":"2019-04-25T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/10-awesome-things-philly-water-bar\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T18:46:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T23:46:14","slug":"10-awesome-things-philly-water-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/10-awesome-things-philly-water-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Awesome Things (and some) from Philly Water Bar&#8217;s Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"big\">Just in case a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwryQTvDYFN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Daily News <strong>front-page<\/strong> spread<\/a> of our hero, <strong>Water\u00a0Woman<\/strong>, doesn&#8217;t say it all: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PhillyWaterBar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#PhillyWaterBar<\/a>\u2019s debut at City Hall was a <strong>thirst-quenching success!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"side-info half right mainblue-bg accentblue\" style=\"margin-top: .25em;\">\n<h4>Wanna grab a drink @ Philly\u00a0Water\u00a0Bar?<\/h4>\n<p>Check out listings for the <a class=\"white\" href=\"https:\/\/phillyh2o.info\/No-Thirst-Thursdays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Hall Pop-up<\/a>, open noon-1 p.m. on Thursdays this summer. Find out when we&#8217;re taking the bar to a neighborhood spot: check your ZIP code when <a class=\"white\" href=\"https:\/\/phillyh2o.info\/signup-email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you sign up for PWD texts\/emails.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hard to pick our favorite moments from yesterday: the water we work so hard to protect, treat and deliver was <strong>truly the star of the show<\/strong>. And so many advocates were gathered right there at the heart of our city to show\u00a0support for Philly tap.<\/p>\n<h2>The best part though?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"big\">About 200 people\u2014many with a skeptical view of tap water\u2014filled up at the bar and had a cool drink of local water.<\/p>\n<p>Questions were asked. <a href=\"https:\/\/pennenvironment.webaction.org\/p\/dia\/action4\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=31564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pledges<\/a> were made. Our <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/phillyh2o.info\/2017-water-quality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drinking Water Quality Reports<\/a> found new homes. And <strong>more than a few<\/strong> people left City Hall with a <strong>new, positive experience<\/strong> that might just get them thinking differently about the <strong>affordable, healthy, sustainable, and amazing water<\/strong> that&#8217;s been <strong>on tap in their home all this time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>To dive right into our favorite moments, start with this list and slideshow featuring <strong>10\u00a0highlights<\/strong> that made us wooder-proud during the debut:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"embed center\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v15.0&#038;appId=175648503185109&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\" nonce=\"dHNnqERX\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhillyH2O\/videos\/573194276501999\/\" data-width=\"500\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhillyH2O\/videos\/573194276501999\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just in case this *front-page* spread of our hero &#8211; Water Woman &#8211; doesn\u2019t say it all &#8211; Philly Water Bar\u2019s debut at City Hall was a thirst-quenching success! See a few highlights below + and get info about upcoming pop-ups \ud83d\udc49 Philly Water Bar at City Hall: Free Pours of Top-Quality H2O! Thank you to all who came out! If you didn&#8217;t make it, come back on Thurs. between 12 and 1p. Slide show captions:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>1.\ud83d\udca7The front-page of the Daily News + all the other great news about Philly&rsquo;s water.<\/li>\n<li>2. \ud83d\udca7 A HUGE copy of our #DrinkTapPHL Water Bar City Council Resolution!<\/li>\n<li>3.\ud83d\udca7@PHLcouncil PHL Council staff + Councilman Mark Squilla and Councilman Bobby Henon as Philly Water Bar-tender<\/li>\n<li>4.\ud83d\udca7PWD water quality scientists enjoying the awesome final product &#8211; Philly H2O!<\/li>\n<li>5.\ud83d\udca7Partners helped us get residents to take the tap water pledge, a commitment to choosing reusable bottles<\/li>\n<li>6. \ud83d\udca7Just-retired PWD Commish Debra McCarty popped in for a drink with her old co-workers, including Public Affairs\u2019 fearless leader, Joanne Dahme!<\/li>\n<li>7. \ud83d\udca7Water Woman gets her pour on with Hailey Stern of PWD Public Engagement.<\/li>\n<li>8. \ud83d\udca7 Residents check out their new PWD Drinking Water Quality Report, a great free resource we publish every spring to show the results of a year&#8217;s worth of testing. Look for info on FB\/in the mail in May for info about the 2018 data and see last year&#8217;s report here: https:\/\/phillyh2o.info\/2017-water-quality<\/li>\n<li>9. TJ and Tia, Water Stewards from Saul W B Agricultural School, serve as celeb Philly Water Bar tenders.<\/li>\n<li>10. \ud83d\udca7Water Woman gets ready for another day with the Philly Tap Water Avenger&#8230;er, Ambassadors. \ud83d\ude4c\ud83e\udd42\ud83c\udf0a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>More highlights from media and our partners<\/h3>\n<h4>Philly Voice came out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyvoice.com\/water-bar-philadelphia-tap-city-hall-courtyard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and had the camera rolling<\/a>, so you can catch clips of the opening remarks.<\/h4>\n<p>We loved hearing PWD Acting Commissioner Sarah Stevenson talking about growing up on Philly tap water:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gQWjZMT0690\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Students \/(Water)Bartenders TJ &amp; Tia give an\u00a0endorsement:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re proud to have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHLschools?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PHLschools<\/a> high school students TJ &amp; Tia as two of our first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PhillyWaterBar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PhillyWaterBar<\/a>-tenders! They\u2019re spreading the word: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DrinkTapPHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DrinkTapPHL<\/a> for a healthy way to stay hydrated + reduce litter and pollution from single-use plastic! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZTP3V0zMjQ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZTP3V0zMjQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Water (@PhillyH2O) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyH2O\/status\/1121086120085864448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Philadelphia Inquirer:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Can Philly get residents to drink its tap water? | Inquirer <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/34SJorTwU6\">https:\/\/t.co\/34SJorTwU6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philly Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyInquirer\/status\/1121116707945369601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>W.B. Saul High School students and their teach:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bwp0wfQpyPr\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\"><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bwp0wfQpyPr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View this post on Instagram<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bwp0wfQpyPr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@phillyh2o we had a #splash at the #PhillyWaterBar launch. We pledge to drink #tapwater. Thank you #eatrightphilly @instalysp for getting #wbsaul engaged in #water. #drinkingwater #wooder #plask #hydrate @alexadunn #fieldtrip #success<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/smith.at.saul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Mr. Smith<\/a> (@smith.at.saul) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-04-24T21:33:02+00:00\">Apr 24, 2019 at 2:33pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Philadelphia Dept. of Revenue:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Spotted: A few of our Water Revenue reps taking a break to enjoy the warm temps and a cup of refreshing tap water at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyH2O?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PhillyH2O<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PhillyWaterBar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PhillyWaterBar<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DrinkTapPHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DrinkTapPHL<\/a> Great idea! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KE6yQkF5qu\">pic.twitter.com\/KE6yQkF5qu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Revenue (@PhilaRevenue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilaRevenue\/status\/1121091801425821696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Catalina Jaramillo, Plan Philly\/WHYY:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Philadelphia &#8220;wooder&#8221; fans made a water bar in City Hall to get people drinking tap water. &#8220;Tap water is sexy,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyH2O?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PhillyH2O<\/a> said. Residents can be bartenders if they share photos using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DrinkTapPHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DrinkTapPHL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zbG06qkjkM\">https:\/\/t.co\/zbG06qkjkM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 cjaramillo (@cjaramillo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjaramillo\/status\/1121498885157990401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t miss out on the refreshing fun!<\/h3>\n<h5>Come out for <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyh2o.info\/No-Thirst-Thursdays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No Thirst Thursdays at City Hall<\/a>, noon\u20131 p.m. <span class=\"inline-block\">on Thursdays this summer!<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5>And don&#8217;t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyh2o.info\/signup-email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up for PWD texts\/emails<\/a> and select your zip code to find out when the Philly Water Bar is coming to your neighborhood!<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pride in Philly tap won over more than few skeptics as over 200 people had a pour our top-quality local drinking water during the pop-up&#8217;s debut.<\/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":[2],"tags":[13,31,35,58,59,66,70,71,97],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-center-city","tag-drinking-water","tag-event","tag-mayors-office","tag-media-mention","tag-office-of-transportation-and-infrastructure","tag-philadelphia-schools","tag-photos","tag-summer","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/10-awesome-things-philly-water-bar\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"10 Awesome Things (and some) from Philly Water Bar&#8217;s Launch","url":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/10-awesome-things-philly-water-bar\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/10-awesome-things-philly-water-bar\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Community","author":[],"creator":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"@PhillyH2O Blog","logo":""},"keywords":["center city","drinking water","event","mayor's office","media mention","office of transportation and infrastructure","philadelphia schools","photos","summer"],"dateCreated":"2019-04-25T22:49:00Z","datePublished":"2019-04-25T22:49:00Z","dateModified":"2022-12-14T23:46:14Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"10 Awesome Things (and some) from Philly Water Bar&#8217;s Launch\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/10-awesome-things-philly-water-bar\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/10-awesome-things-philly-water-bar\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Community\",\"author\":[],\"creator\":[],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"@PhillyH2O Blog\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"center city\",\"drinking water\",\"event\",\"mayor's office\",\"media mention\",\"office of transportation and infrastructure\",\"philadelphia schools\",\"photos\",\"summer\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2019-04-25T22:49:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-25T22:49:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-14T23:46:14Z\"}<\/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\/99","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=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}