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'5 Down' Video Recap: Green City, Clean Waters Praised as 'a model for America'

Jun 24, 2016
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You might have heard: Philadelphia is celebrating five years of Green City, Clean Waters, a massive green investment in neighborhoods that is now keeping 1.5 billion gallons of polluted water out of our waterways over the course of a typical year of rainfall.

Philadelphia Water gathered with the wide range of partners who made beating our five-year targets for greening and pollution reduction possible to mark that achievement at the Fairmount Water Works last week. (See great photos of the event here.) The celebration included speeches from our commissioner, Debra McCarty, and representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency and Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection.

City of Philadelphia Managing Director Michael DiBerardinis—one of Philadelphia’s most dedicated advocates for improved recreation and green spaces—praised the program as a "model for America."

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Congratulations to Osman Fofanah! A PowerCorpsPHL Success Story

Sep 17, 2014
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The Philadelphia Water Department would like to give a big shout out to Osman Fofanah, a PowerCorpPHL alumnus who recently landed a job with AKRF (Allee King Rosen & Fleming), a prominent environmental, planning and engineering consulting firm.

Through PowerCorpPHL, Osman worked with PWD’s Office of Watersheds this past year with the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Maintenance team, assisting with tasks ranging from data entry to field work at project sites. Additionally, Osman was the Assistant Crew Leader for PowerCorpsPHL inaugural Green Stormwater Infrastructure Maintenance Crew from April 2014 through September 2014, making sure that PWD’s green infrastructure functioned properly and looked beautiful.

With AKRF, Osman will use the skills he learned at the Water Department for his new position as the Green Infrastructure Landscape Maintenance Technician. He will perform routine surface maintenance as well as planting and installing green stormwater infrastructure projects in Philadelphia and the surrounding region.

PowerCorpPHL, an AmeriCorps program that started in 2013, enrolls 100 individuals, ages 18 to 26 in a 9 month program with 6 months of full-time service as AmeriCorps members in city departments, and 3 months of intensive job placement support. The program is designed to address environmental stewardship initiatives as well as the City of Philadelphia’s youth workforce development and violence prevention priorities. Osman’s story is a testament to the success of the PowerCorpsPHL program and PWD is delighted to be involved as a partner with this program.

Osman, who was in the first PowerCorpPHL cohort, is a dedicated, self-motivated young man. Knowing what Osman brings to this position, it was not surprising to hear that he landed the job and there is no doubt he will find success in his new role. The Philadelphia Water Department wishes him all the best and sends him a hearty congratulations!

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A Shout-out to PowerCorpsPHL

Jul 21, 2014
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Being the first city to introduce a program like Green City, Clean Waters, Philadelphia serves as a national model for many to follow. However, this dream of a sustainable green city could not be possible without the help of PowerCorpsPHL.


This exciting new program is a partnership between AmeriCorps, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia. PowerCorpsPHL builds on the initiatives of both Mayor Nutter and Governor Corbett by encouraging environmental stewardship, while building career opportunities for Philadelphia’s youth.


Active throughout the department, PWD is proud to host a number of PowerCorps members. Team “Blue Magic” supports the Green Stormwater Infrastructure Maintenance Team. This group of young men and women has done an outstanding job of maintaining the green in Philadelphia. In just over 10 weeks on the job, they have collected over 9,385 lbs. of trash and street litter (over 4 tons), 3,124 lbs. of leaves and organic debris and 2,138 lbs of construction materials from green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) across the city. These achievements are the result of over 430 hours hard work, completing over 326 work orders for PWD.


Thanks, PowerCorpsPHL!


To learn more about the PowerCorps, click here.

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