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Rain Barrel Workshops are Coming Up!

Apr 10, 2014

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The Philadelphia Water Department and the Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA) are providing free rain barrels to Philadelphians. Rain barrels work by capturing stormwater through disconnected downspouts that collect rain water from roofs. Water that flows into the rain barrel can then be used for irrigating our gardens, window boxes and and lawn watering.

To receive your free rain barrel complete with installation, attend a rain barrel workshop. These workshops are held in locations around the city throughout the year.

To learn more about the rain barrel program and to see if there are workshops near you, visit phillywatersheds.org/rainbarrel.

Also, check out PWD at next week’s Climate Smart: Artists Respond to Climate Change event. Chris Anderson from the Water Department Public Affairs Division will be participating. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/516312131812239/?ref=22

It’s Time to Apply for Project Flow

Apr 9, 2014

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Are you currently an 8^th or 9^th grader? If so, Fairmount
Water Works and Germantown Friends School invite you to apply to Project Flow!

This five-week summer program allows students to learn about
Philadelphia’s water system, its waterways and infrastructure. As they
participate, students will gain better understanding of urban watershed issues,
including water quality, public health, storm water management, and more!
Project Flow also has several opportunities for both hands-on experimental
programs onsite and offsite, such as field trips, boating, nature walks, and
camping. Additionally, the program includes an artistic and journalistic
focused photography project.

Students are selected through an application process. Project Flow is a no-cost program. However, if accepted for the program, there
is a suggested activities fee.

Applications are due by April 15, 2014.

All students accepted to the program will be notified by April 30, 2014

Download the Application today!

http://fairmountworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Project-Flow-Application-2014Final.pdf

Healthy Trails 5K

Apr 8, 2014

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The TTF watershed Partnership, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation, the Philadelphia Water Department, and Scattergood Foundation are proud to present the 2^nd annual Healthy Trails 5K Run/Walk in Tacony Creek Park.

This year’s 5K run/walk will be held on Sunday April 13, 2014. The race will start at Ferko Playground, 1101 Cayuga Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19120 and will end at the right around corner at the I Street & Ramona Avenue Gateway. Registration will open at 8am and runners will start at 9am with walkers beginning 30 minutes later.

Join us to walk or run on the brand new fully paved trail!

To register, please visit HealthyTrails5k.com

Healthy Trails 5K Flyer

Urban Watersheds Curriculum Guide

Mar 28, 2014

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The Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia Water Department, Schuylkill Action Network, Environmental Protection Agency, EcoExpress, and the Partnership for Delaware Estuary released the Urban Watersheds Curriculum Guide this past year. This primary audience for the guide is K-8 educators. The curriculum guide takes students through a fascinating and complex narrative with its twist and turns, describing the urban water system. Those interested are individuals interested in making a connections between one of our most fundamental elements in life – water – and all of the complexities and responsibilities associated with accessing it, using it, cleaning it up and returning it to our waterways.

Both Nebinger School and Greenfield School tested the guide. Nebinger’s Middle School teacher, Rachel Odoroff, positively described her experience: “The lesson brings critical issues to life for students in a manner that is fun, engaging and meaningful,” she says, “At Nebinger Elementary, our students have welcomed this content, especially as they could draw, create, observe, experiment and discuss along the way!”

Explore the full curriculum guide and the accompanying on-line tools at resourcewater.org

Keep Our Water Flowing

Mar 27, 2014

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Ah, Spring! Warm weather, birds singing, blooming flowers, no water… What! No Water? We don’t want that to happen!

Beginning April 1, 2014, the Philadelphia Water Department will begin shutting off water service for those who are behind on their water bill. Water is an essential part of our day to day activities, so it is important that we work together to keep our water flowing.

If you get a shutoff notice, do not delay. Call 215-686-6880 to make payment arrangements or go online to pay your bill immediately. If a PWD worker comes to your door, you will have to pay at least 50% of the outstanding balance, plus a visitation fee to avoid shutoff. In addition, a larger fee will be required if your water is shut off and you want it restored.

Let’s work together to make sure you always have running water.

Watch the video below for more information:

Help Get a Buoy for Lake Erie!

Mar 26, 2014

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The Regional Science Consortium is in the running for a Grassroots Grant from the Boat U.S. Foundation and needs your vote to win the grant!

If selected, the Regional Science Consortium plans to use the grant money to support the Weather, Water and Wave Buoy System that will be deployed this May in the Pennsylvania waters of Lake Erie. This buoy will provide real-time data (every 20 minutes) on the lake conditions that everyone can access. The buoy system will be a tremendous benefit to the local community as well as to tourists.

Find more information on the water quality buoy.

Click here to vote for the buoy system in Pennsylvania at Lake Eire. You can vote once every day until March 28th.

American Planning Association Awards for Excellence in Sustainability

Mar 25, 2014

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Image Credits: WRT, Paseo Verde is one example of a Philadelphia project that uses sustainable stormwater management practices.

For the first time, the American Planning Association (APA) Sustainable Communities Division is offering awards for Excellence in Sustainability. Hurry! The deadline for application is March 31st. Let’s get a Philadelphia project in the running. Based on submissions to the Philadelphia Water Department’s Plan Review office, we know there are many developers in the City committed to sustainable building. The 2014 Awards for Excellence in Sustainability honors those projects, policies, plans and people who show exemplary scholarship, leadership and inspiration in sustainability planning and implementation.

Categories for these awards include:

Sustainable Development Project
Sustainable Building Project
Sustainable Park, Recreation or Open Space Project
Green Infrastructure Project
Sustainable Policy, Law or Plan
Leadership in Sustainability
Emerging Leader’s Sustainability Plan or Project

The application is open to all those who wish to apply. Any plan, project, program, tool, process, report or ordinance entered must have occurred in United States or Canada and been published within the last 3 years. Each submission may only be submitted to one category per year.

For more information and to apply, click here.

Water Blues, Green Solutions Airing on WHYY

Mar 21, 2014

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Tune into WHYY at 1:30pm this Sunday to catch the Water Blues, Green Solutions film by PennState! This film takes you through a journey across Philadelphia, Portland, San Antonio, and the Bronx to explore what different cities and communities are doing to protect, restore, and preserve our rivers and sources of drinking water. Get an in depth look at how cities are utilizing a green infrastructure approach to tackle their water blues.

To find more information about the film, visit the Water Blues, Green Solutions webpage.