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Green City, Clean Waters Wins Planning Excellence Award
Congratulations to our Green City, Clean Waters program for being awarded the American Planning Association (APA) Pennsylvania Chapter's Planning Excellence Award in Implementation! The annual award is...
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Fresh Tools for a Greener City: Retrofit Guide, New App
A look at our new Credits Explorer tool, which lets anyone explore the benefits of GSI.In response to rapidly growing interest from non-residential customers, Philadelphia Water is proud to present the...
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Green Tools: Six Ways They Can Make a Climate Changed-Future a Little Less Scary
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a cool new infographic out showing how the green stormwater infrastructure we use in Green City, Clean Waters helps to reduce the impact of climate change...
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PowerCorpsPHL Gets a POTUS Shout-out
Juan Matos of the PowerCorpsPHL GSI Maintenance Program with President Obama on July 14.We’re always talking about what a great relationship we have with PowerCorpsPHL, and we love to point out when...
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'Uncover the Green' Lids Highlight the ‘Underdog’ of GSI
Inset: a new "Uncover the Green" clean out lid. Laura Hoover (at right) poses with her winning design at the Fairmount Water Works.If anyone ever said infrastructure can’t be functional and...
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New Living Wall Acts as a Billboard for Green Tools
Right: The frame of the living wall with native plants ready for installation. Right: The nearly completed wall before the installation of four stormwater tanks. Credit: Philadelphia Water and...
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Green City, Clean Waters Is About to Grow Up. We Want to Hear from You.
What should Philly’s green infrastructure to look like in 2021? Tell us here.Clockwise from top left: A stormwater bumpout near the Daroff Samuel School in West Phila.; rain garden in East Kensington;...
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#InfrastructureMatters: Infrastructure Week Highlights Investments in...
All this week, we’ll be taking a look at the broad range of water infrastructure that Philadelphia Water maintains to make sure people, businesses and City departments have constant access to clean,...
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Philadelphia Water Challenge Seeks Innovative Approach to Streamlining Green...
The Philadelphia GSI Innovation Challenge seeks to make projects like the stormwater tree trenches seen above more efficient by improving the subsurface analysis that takes place before construction....
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Big News: Green City, Clean Waters Blows Past Year Five Targets
Philadelphia Water Commissioner Debra McCarty and City of Philadelphia Managing Director Michael DiBerardinis (right) announce that Philadelphia more than doubled five-year pollution reduction targets....
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Come Learn About Green Stormwater Investments in Lower Southwest Philadelphia
Click the image to invite your friends and neighbors on Facebook. Philadelphia Water will be at the Philadelphia Police 12th District July 13 meeting to update residents of lower southwest Philadelphia...
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Sneak Peek: Cobbs Creek Oral History Project + Virtual Walking Tour
Starting in 2015, the Philadelphia Water Department's Public Engagement team began recording conversations with members of the Cobbs Creek community.The goal?To better understand how people feel about...
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