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litter http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/taxonomy/term/714/all en Start a Conversation About Protecting Water: Add Wildlife Markers to Your Block http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/start-conversation-about-protecting-water-add-wildlife-markers-your-block <p><span style="font-size: small;">Adding our storm drain markers—each with a unique type of aquatic wildlife depending on your watershed—to your block can start a conversation with neighbors about how communities can protect local waterways.</span></p> <p>Many people don't realize that what goes down storm drains can harm local animals like otters, turtles, herons, endangered fish and more. </p> <p>The truth is, <strong>cleaner neighborhoods and cleaner streets </strong>mean <strong>cleaner Philly rivers and creeks!</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/your_watershed/find_your_watershed" target="_blank">Find out what watershed you live in here</a></strong> and then <strong><a href="http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/what_were_doing/community_partnerships/programs/storm-drain-marking/organize-event" target="_blank">sign up for a free wildlife marker kit</a></strong> featuring your local watershed!</p> <p>Below: Check out our <a href="https://www.instagram.com/phillyh2o/">PhillyH2O Instagram</a> series exploring the wildlife on each watershed's marker:</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/start-conversation-about-protecting-water-add-wildlife-markers-your-block#more" title="Read the rest of Start a Conversation About Protecting Water: Add Wildlife Markers to Your Block." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 21:49:07 +0000 Brian.R 2257 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org Philadelphia Water Department’s Kelly Drive Water Stations Set to Return http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/philadelphia-water-department%E2%80%99s-kelly-drive-water-stations-set-return <p><img width="485" height="338" alt="Thumbs up for water access: The Kelly Drive water stations will be flowing again soon." src="/sites/default/files2/STATION.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Thumbs up for water access: The Kelly Drive water stations will be flowing again soon.</em></span></p> <p>With the return of warmer weather, we're preparing to restore service at our four Schuylkill River Trail/Kelly Drive water stations and plan to have them online by the end of April. The stations made their debut in spring 2016 and were winterized and closed in late November 2016 to protect the internal plumbing from freezing temperatures. </p> <p></p><div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/philadelphia-water-department%E2%80%99s-kelly-drive-water-stations-set-return#more" title="Read the rest of Philadelphia Water Department’s Kelly Drive Water Stations Set to Return ." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Wed, 12 Apr 2017 19:24:36 +0000 Brian.R 2243 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org Thank You, MLK Day of Service Volunteers, for Helping Philly Rivers http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/thank-you-mlk-day-service-volunteers-helping-philly-rivers <p>While MLK Day doesn't have the same environmental focus as say, Earth Day, the fact is, a lot of the work being done in King's honor during today's&nbsp;<a href="http://mlkdayofservice.org/" target="_blank">Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service</a>—an event being touted as the biggest MLK Day volunteer effort in the nation—will help Philly's rivers and creeks.</p> <p>Some events, like MLK Day cleanups planned for Bartram's Garden, the Schuylkill River Trail in Manayunk and along the Pennypack and Tacony creeks in Northeast Philly, are directly targeting our watersheds:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Getting ready to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cleanup?src=hash">#cleanup</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TaconyCreekPark?src=hash">#TaconyCreekPark</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLKDay?src=hash">#MLKDay</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilaParkandRec">@PhilaParkandRec</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PhillyH2O">@PhillyH2O</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/circuittrails">@circuittrails</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cleanwater?src=hash">#cleanwater</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamPennFdn">@WilliamPennFdn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/parks?src=hash">#parks</a> <a href="https://t.co/SBapknyIFP">pic.twitter.com/SBapknyIFP</a></p> <p>&mdash; TTF Watershed (@TTFWatershed) <a href="https://twitter.com/TTFWatershed/status/821024063644635136">January 16, 2017</a></p></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>But even cleanup events in neighborhoods where you don't see a river or creek can help protect local aquatic wildlife.&nbsp;</p> <p>How?</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/thank-you-mlk-day-service-volunteers-helping-philly-rivers#more" title="Read the rest of Thank You, MLK Day of Service Volunteers, for Helping Philly Rivers." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:39:17 +0000 Brian.R 2226 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org Cobbs Cleanup Gets an Assist from Sixers and Philly School Students http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/cobbs-cleanup-gets-assist-sixers-and-philly-school-students <p><strong>Over 100 volunteers from the Philadelphia 76ers, Tilden Middle School and <a href="http://friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery</a> joined <a href="http://www.phila.gov/water" target="_blank">Philadelphia Water</a> and <a href="http://unitedbyblue.com/products/cleanups" target="_blank">Untied By Blue</a></strong> for a Sept. 16 cleanup targeting Cobbs Creek and the surrounding woods. The cleanup was the latest in<a href="http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/first-schuylkill-scrub-2016-cashes-collaboration" target="_blank"> a series of volunteer events that kicked off this spring</a> and have seen hundreds and hundreds of residents taking on trash in and along local waterways. </p> <p><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-context="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/philadelphiawater/29715512091/in/album-72157674110687325/" title="Mount Moriah Clean Up Sept 2016 (2)"><img src="https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8492/29715512091_6a1006f7c1.jpg" width="485" height="423" alt="Mount Moriah Clean Up Sept 2016 (2)" /></a></p> <script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p> The day started off with our <strong><a href="http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/restoration-team-be-toasted-watershed-milestones" target="_blank">Waterways Restoration Team</a></strong> (WRT) removing a giant granite orb that had rolled from the cemetery into the Cobbs. This epic feat, achieved with the use of a small bulldozer, had <strong>Friends of Mount Moriah President Paulette Rhone</strong> very excited—she said the eyesore had been sitting in creek for as long as she could remember:</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/cobbs-cleanup-gets-assist-sixers-and-philly-school-students#more" title="Read the rest of Cobbs Cleanup Gets an Assist from Sixers and Philly School Students." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:06:42 +0000 Brian.R 2197 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org Like Philly’s New Water Stations? Help Us Do More http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/philly%E2%80%99s-new-water-stations-help-us-do-more <p><img src="/sites/default/files2/Art_Museum.jpg" alt="A jogger stops for a cool sip at the Art Museum drinking water station, one of four located along the Schuylkill. Philadelphia Water is looking for vendors with ideas that will bring more stations to neighborhoods across the City. " width="485" height="330" /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><em>A&nbsp;woman stops to fill up at the Art Museum drinking water station, one of four located along the Schuylkill. Philadelphia Water is looking for vendors with ideas that will bring more stations to neighborhoods across the City. </em></span></p> <p> <strong>This summer is coming to a close&nbsp;with some good news for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DrinkTapPHL?src=hash" target="_blank">#DrinkTapPHL</a> movement.<br /> </strong></p> <p>Plan Philly<a href="http://planphilly.com/articles/2016/08/17/drink-tap-public-water-kiosks-help-philly-hydrate-on-schuylkill-river-trail" target="_blank"> wrote a great story about our new drinking water stations</a> along the Kelly Drive section of the Schuylkill River Trail, and we’ve been getting lots of great feedback from trail users and on social media. Now, <a href="/sites/default/files2/FOR%20IMMEDIATE%20RELEASE%20-%20PWD%20Seeks%20Input%20on%20Expanding%20Water%20Station%20Network%20Citywide.pdf" target="_blank">we're looking for ways to bring similar stations to more neighborhoods</a> across the city.</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/philly%E2%80%99s-new-water-stations-help-us-do-more#more" title="Read the rest of Like Philly’s New Water Stations? Help Us Do More." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:28:57 +0000 Brian.R 2192 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org Update to Rio vs. Philly Water Quality Blog: The Trash Problem http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/update-rio-vs-philly-water-quality-blog-trash-problem <p><img width="485" height="323" alt="Stormwater runoff pollution isn’t just about the things that can make you sick. Litter from our streets gets washed into local waterways, hurting wildlife and nature’s beauty. Credit: Philadelphia Water " src="/sites/default/files2/Water%20Bottles%20Pollute%20Philly%20Rivers%20-%20Blog.jpg" /><br /><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Stormwater runoff pollution isn’t just about the things that can make you sick. Litter from our streets gets washed into local waterways, hurting wildlife and nature’s beauty. Credit: Philadelphia Water&nbsp; </span></em></p> <p><strong>Alan Robinson leads the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Schuylkillriverstewards/" target="_blank">Schuylkill Navy River Stewards committee</a></strong>, an organization that partners with Philadelphia Water to support <a href="http://bit.ly/PWDBoats" target="_blank">our waterway trash removal efforts</a>. After reading <a href="http://bit.ly/RioVsPHL" target="_blank">last week’s post on Rio’s water quality problems and <strong>what we do differently in Philadelphia</strong></a>, Robinson noted that stormwater runoff doesn’t just wash microscopic pollutants like pathogens and chemicals into our rivers and creeks.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Need a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpeningCeremony?src=hash">#OpeningCeremony</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Olympics2016?src=hash">#Olympics2016</a> preread? We hope <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rio2016?src=hash">#Rio2016</a> raises <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIOWATER?src=hash">#RIOWATER</a> awareness: <a href="https://t.co/szWkzZbtGZ">https://t.co/szWkzZbtGZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/Kjqo6Gj30I">pic.twitter.com/Kjqo6Gj30I</a></p> <p>&mdash; Philadelphia Water (@PhillyH2O) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhillyH2O/status/761642872793927680">August 5, 2016</a></p></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p> His pet peeve is, in a purely physical sense, a larger problem.</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/update-rio-vs-philly-water-quality-blog-trash-problem#more" title="Read the rest of Update to Rio vs. Philly Water Quality Blog: The Trash Problem." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:15:52 +0000 Brian.R 2185 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org Philadelphia Water, On the Water: Boats a Powerful Tool in Fight Against Litter http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/philadelphia-water-water-boats-powerful-tool-fight-against-litter <p><img width="485" height="292" alt="Left to Right: Lance Butler, Dimitri Forte, Declan Patterson, and Richard Anthes. Philadelphia Water’s Watersheds Field Services Group deploys a fleet of three small boats to reach trash in waterways that others can’t. Credit: Brian Rademaekers. " src="/sites/default/files2/BLOG.jpg" /><br /><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Left to Right:</strong> Lance Butler, Dimitri Forte, Declan Patterson, and Richard Anthes. Philadelphia Water’s Watersheds Field Services Group deploys a fleet of three small boats to reach trash in waterways that others can’t. Credit: Brian Rademaekers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></em> </p> <p>During a typical litter-hunting trip in early June, Philadelphia Water’s Lance Butler was operating the department’s new 20-foot workboat along the banks of the Schuylkill River just below the Fairmount Water Works. Edging the bow of the craft just close enough to the rocky embankment, Butler made it possible for his three crew members to scoop up the otherwise unreachable trash that peppered the water and shoreline. </p> <p> This was the workboat’s maiden voyage, and it was already proving to be an invaluable tool in the department’s fight against floating litter. </p> <p> The activity attracted the attention of a young man sitting on a nearby bench. Within a few minutes,&nbsp;he approached the boat and asked Butler a question—could he have a trash bag? </p> <p> “What for?” Butler asked. </p> <p> “To pick up trash,” the man replied. “It’s such a beautiful park.” </p> <p> An hour later, Butler and his crew—referred to within department as the “Watersheds Field Services Group,” and, less formally, as “the skimming guys”—were on the opposite side of the river, their boat growing ever-more crowded with bags containing the typical flotsam of plastic bottles and bags, Styrofoam cups and other debris that had washed into the breathtaking waters below Fairmount Dam. </p> <p> On the other side of the river, the spontaneous volunteer was still at it, his bag of litter now bulging to the point of overflowing. </p> <p> “That guy,” Butler said, “is amazing.”</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/philadelphia-water-water-boats-powerful-tool-fight-against-litter#more" title="Read the rest of Philadelphia Water, On the Water: Boats a Powerful Tool in Fight Against Litter." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:23:16 +0000 Brian.R 2180 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org Record-Setting ‘Sojourn’ Highlights the Schuylkill River’s Wild Beauty http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/record-setting-%E2%80%98sojourn%E2%80%99-highlights-schuylkill-river%E2%80%99s-wild-beauty <p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHskCmgQ2c" target="_blank"><img width="485" height="364" alt="Philadelphia Water's Paul Fugazzotto paddles to the finish of the 2016 Schuylkill Sojourn. A record 205 people joined the annual event this year. Photo credit: Brian Rademaekers" src="/sites/default/files2/Schuylkill%20Sojourn%202016%20PG6.jpg" /></a><br /><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Philadelphia Water's Paul Fugazzotto paddles to the finish of the 2016 Schuylkill Sojourn. A record 205 people joined the annual event this year. Photo credit: Brian Rademaekers</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>If you happened to be in Philadelphia admiring the Schuylkill River’s picturesque beauty </strong>from afar last week, </span>you might have been startled by what appeared to be an enormous flock of florescent birds, all of them rhythmically flapping their wings on the shimmering water: </p> <p> <iframe width="485" height="485" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/170672573?autoplay=1&amp;loop=1" frameborder="0"></iframe> </p> <p> Those “birds,” of course, were actually the 100-plus paddlers propelling the rainbow of brightly hued kayaks and canoes that made up <a href="https://www.schuylkillriver.org/sojourn.aspx" target="_blank">the annual Schuylkill Sojourn</a>. A seven day journey covering 112 miles of the Schuylkill River from its Schuylkill County headwaters all the way to Philadelphia’s Boathouse Row, the event has been held since 1998.</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/record-setting-%E2%80%98sojourn%E2%80%99-highlights-schuylkill-river%E2%80%99s-wild-beauty#more" title="Read the rest of Record-Setting ‘Sojourn’ Highlights the Schuylkill River’s Wild Beauty." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:21:41 +0000 Brian.R 2169 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org Innovative Infrastructure: New Stations Expand Drinking Water Access, Curb Plastic Waste http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/innovative-infrastructure-new-stations-expand-drinking-water-access-curb-plastic-waste <p><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/philadelphiawater/albums/72157668209738642" title="Infrastructure Week 2016: Drinking Water Stations"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7415/26985710182_5e67201cb2.jpg" width="485" height="348" alt="Infrastructure Week 2016: Drinking Water Stations" /></a></p> <script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>When people hear the word “infrastructure,” they think about roads, bridges and (if we’re lucky!) pipes. </p> <p> But for<a href="http://infrastructureweek.org/" target="_blank"> Infrastructure Week 2016</a>, we’re looking at elements of Philadelphia’s water system that might not come to mind when you think about infrastructure. (So far, we’ve looked at the <a href="http://bit.ly/GCCW5Down" target="_blank">thousands of new green tools</a> created through the <em>Green City, Clean Waters</em> program and the <a href="http://bit.ly/InletCrew" target="_blank">75,000+ storm drains</a> found on city streets.) </p> <p> Today, we’re looking at a brand-new kind of infrastructure that rethinks an old standard—the water fountain. </p> <p> As Philadelphia celebrates the <a href="http://stotesburycupregatta.com/" target="_blank">90th Stotesbury Cup Regatta</a>, the world's largest high school regatta, Philadelphia Water will unveil a new network of four eye-catching public water stations located along Kelly Drive.</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/innovative-infrastructure-new-stations-expand-drinking-water-access-curb-plastic-waste#more" title="Read the rest of Innovative Infrastructure: New Stations Expand Drinking Water Access, Curb Plastic Waste." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Tue, 17 May 2016 21:11:55 +0000 Brian.R 2158 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org On Earth Day, Think About How a Water Utility Can Help Our Planet http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/earth-day-think-about-how-water-utility-can-help-our-planet <p><img src="/sites/default/files2/Green_Quad.jpg" alt="Philadelphia Water works to protect our rivers and planet in a number of ways. Clockwise from top left: Solar panels at our Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant; a Green City, Clean Waters tree trench in East Falls; part of our Biogas Cogeneration system at the Northeast WPCP; Philadelphia Water volunteers at a March 2016 Bartram’s Garden cleanup that removed 12,927 pounds of trash from the Schuylkill River’s banks. " width="485" height="485" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Philadelphia Water works to protect our rivers and planet in a number of ways. Clockwise from top left: Solar panels at our Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant; a Green City, Clean Waters tree trench in East Falls; part of our Biogas Cogeneration system; Philadelphia Water volunteers at a March 2016 Bartram’s Garden cleanup that removed 12,927 pounds of trash from the Schuylkill River’s banks.<br /> </em></span></p> <p><strong>While the Philadelphia Water Department’s core mission is to provide our 1.5 million customers with constant access to safe, clean drinking water</strong>, a big part of doing that job involves protecting and improving our local rivers and creeks. </p> <p>After all, providing top quality drinking water is a lot easier when you take care of your source water. </p> <p>That simple fact makes Philadelphia Water, in many ways, an environmental institution.</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/earth-day-think-about-how-water-utility-can-help-our-planet#more" title="Read the rest of On Earth Day, Think About How a Water Utility Can Help Our Planet." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Thu, 21 Apr 2016 21:56:23 +0000 Brian.R 2146 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org Cleaner Streets = Cleaner Rivers and Creeks http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/cleaner-streets-cleaner-rivers-and-creeks <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">PowerCorpsPHL volunteered for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PhillySpringCleanup?src=hash">#PhillySpringCleanup</a> this weekend. Here&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/PhillyH2O">@PhillyH2O</a> crew New Wave w <a href="https://twitter.com/cindybassphilly">@cindybassphilly</a>! <a href="https://t.co/eskfbSEZSZ">pic.twitter.com/eskfbSEZSZ</a></p> <p>&mdash; PowerCorpsPHL (@PowerCorpsPHL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PowerCorpsPHL/status/722127681249222656">April 18, 2016</a></p></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p> With more than 900 projects scattered across the city, this Saturday’s <a href="http://www.philadelphiastreets.com/philly-spring-cleanup" target="_blank">Philly Spring Cleanup</a> was the largest ever—and that’s a pretty big deal considering this volunteer-driven event has already been praised as “America’s biggest single-day urban cleanup” for years now.</p> <p> First held in 2007, Philly Spring Cleanup has grown into a movement that brings neighbors together by harnessing a passion for litter-free communities. From a watershed protection perspective, we love seeing that passion transformed into action because so much of the litter and trash collected from streets, parks and empty lots on Saturday would eventually wash into Philly’s rivers and creeks. </p> <p>While the 2016 results haven’t been tallied yet, last year’s cleanup (featuring 718 projects) netted 836,100 pounds of trash, 104,260 pounds of tires and 107,580 pounds of recyclables—all stuff that could very well have ended up in our water.</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/cleaner-streets-cleaner-rivers-and-creeks#more" title="Read the rest of Cleaner Streets = Cleaner Rivers and Creeks." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:34:22 +0000 Brian.R 2144 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org First Schuylkill Scrub of 2016 Cashes in on Collaboration http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/first-schuylkill-scrub-2016-cashes-collaboration <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/philadelphiawater/albums/72157665211955821" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files2/EMMA_SCHRAD_1200_0.jpg" alt="A volunteer from Parks and Recreation gathers trash from the banks of the Schuylkill River at Bartram's Garden. " width="485" height="323" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>A volunteer from Parks and Recreation gathers trash from the banks of the Schuylkill River at Bartram's Garden.&nbsp;</em></span></p> <p>Tires, TVs, lots and lots of plastic bottles and ... a check for $32,000?</p> <p>You never know what you’ll find when picking up trash along Philly’s rivers.</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/first-schuylkill-scrub-2016-cashes-collaboration#more" title="Read the rest of First Schuylkill Scrub of 2016 Cashes in on Collaboration." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Wed, 02 Mar 2016 21:58:57 +0000 Brian.R 2126 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org MLK Day of Service Will Help Philly Rivers. Here's How: http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/mlk-day-service-will-help-philly-rivers-heres-how <p><a href="http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/sites/default/files2/ChooseToReuseFactSheet.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files2/JUSTICE.jpg" alt="Dozens of bags of “floatable” trash pulled from the Delaware River during a 2015 volunteer cleanup. MLK Day of Service volunteers who participate in neighborhood trash removal will also be helping our rivers because cleaner streets = cleaner creeks and rivers. Credit: Philadelphia Water." width="485" height="323" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Dozens of bags of “floatable” trash pulled from the Delaware River during a 2015 volunteer cleanup. MLK Day of Service volunteers who participate in neighborhood trash removal will also be helping our rivers because cleaner streets = cleaner creeks and rivers. Credit: Philadelphia Water.</em></span></p> <p>As far as resumes go, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s is pretty hard to top. </p> <p>A 200,000-person march on Washington that was crucial in helping to pass the Civil Rights Act? Check. </p> <p>A year-long bus boycott that eventually led to a Supreme Court ruling declaring segregated buses unconstitutional? Check. </p> <p>The list of Dr. King’s accomplishments is long, but one thing you don’t hear too much about is King the environmentalist. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t connections between his activism and the green movement that helped to bring us transformational legislation like the Clean Water Act. </p> <p>Despite the fact his 1968 assassination predated the first Earth Day by two years, <a href="http://www.livescience.com/39210-the-environmental-movement-debt-to-martin-luther-king-jr.html" target="_blank">many credit MLK’s work as laying the foundation for the environmental justice movement</a>—a movement guided by the belief that all people, no matter their race or income level, have an equal right to things like safe, clean drinking water and health-promoting green space. </p> <p>No matter how you think of Dr. King’s legacy, the fact is, much of the work that will be done in his honor during the <a href="http://mlkdayofservice.org/" target="_blank">Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service</a>—an event being touted as the biggest MLK Day volunteer effort in the nation—will help our rivers. </p> <p>How?</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/mlk-day-service-will-help-philly-rivers-heres-how#more" title="Read the rest of MLK Day of Service Will Help Philly Rivers. Here&#039;s How:." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Thu, 14 Jan 2016 22:18:59 +0000 Brian.R 2095 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org #DrinkTapPHL: 15,000 Reasons to Ditch Disposable Bottles http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/drinktapphl-15000-reasons-ditch-disposable-bottles <p><img width="485" height="323" alt="Philadelphia Water and Head of the Schuylkill Regatta teamed up to give away 12,000 reusable bottles Oct. 24-25. It's part of a new effort to encourage people to save money with tap water and fight litter with refillable bottles. Credit: Philadelphia Water/Brian Rademaekers" src="/sites/default/files2/Bottled.jpg" /><br /><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Philadelphia Water and Head of the Schuylkill Regatta teamed up to give away 15,000 reusable bottles Oct. 24-25. It's part of a new effort to encourage people to save money with tap water and fight litter with refillable bottles. Credit: Philadelphia Water/Brian Rademaekers</span></em></p> <p>There were lots of big names and important figures on the banks of the Schuylkill on Oct. 23 to announce a new network of water bottle filling stations along the Schuylkill River Trail, "<a href="http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/banner-summer-schuylkill-river" target="_blank">America's Best Urban Trail</a>" and Philadelphia's most popular recreational path.</p> <p>But perhaps the most important (and certainly the cutest) people there were the 4th grade students from&nbsp;FS Edmonds Elementary School. Fresh from a field trip to the <a href="http://fairmountwaterworks.org/" target="_blank">Fairmount Water Works</a>, the&nbsp;kids enthusiastically took the <a href="http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/sites/default/files2/IMG_small.jpg" target="_blank">#DrinkTapPHL/Schuylkill Navy River Stewards&nbsp;pledge</a> to “Choose to Reuse” and were given some of the 15,000 free refillable bottles ordered for&nbsp;the new drinking water/anti-litter&nbsp;campaign. (For photos from Friday's kickoff, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/philadelphiawater/sets/72157658025402044/with/22391873636/" target="_blank">click here</a>.)</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/drinktapphl-15000-reasons-ditch-disposable-bottles#more" title="Read the rest of #DrinkTapPHL: 15,000 Reasons to Ditch Disposable Bottles." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:24:11 +0000 Brian.R 2044 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org New Filling Stations, 12,000 Free Reusable Bottles to Fight Plastic Bottle Litter http://archive.phillywatersheds.org/blog/new-filling-stations-12000-free-reusable-bottles-fight-plastic-bottle-litter <p><a href="/sites/default/files2/NEW_BOTTLES_Large.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/default/files2/NEW_BOTTLES_Large.jpg" alt="This graph shows that 55 percent of litter collected from the Schuylkill during recent skimmer boat trips was plastic, and 77 percent of that was platic bottles. SourceL Lance Butler, Philadelphia Water." width="485" height="304" /></a><br /><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Clogging our Rivers:</strong> This graph shows that over 55 percent of litter collected from the Schuylkill River during recent skimmer boat trips was plastic, and 77 percent of that was plastic bottles. Click the graph for a larger image. Source: Environmental Restoration&nbsp;&amp; Maintenance,<br />Office of Watersheds, Philadelphia Water.</span></em></p> <p>Philadelphia Water and a coalition of people and groups who care about our rivers, parks and planet are taking the fight against wasteful single-use water bottles to the Schuylkill River. </p> <p>Mayor Michael Nutter will join partners in this campaign <strong>at Kelly Drive and Fountain Green Drive on Friday, Oct. 23 at 12 p.m.</strong> in announcing a new network of water bottle filling stations that will stretch along Kelly Drive from East Falls to Boathouse Row, providing convenient access to free drinking water on one of the region’s most popular recreational trails.</p> <div class="read-more"><a href="/blog/new-filling-stations-12000-free-reusable-bottles-fight-plastic-bottle-litter#more" title="Read the rest of New Filling Stations, 12,000 Free Reusable Bottles to Fight Plastic Bottle Litter." rel="nofollow"><strong>Read more &raquo;</strong></a></div> Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:15:05 +0000 Brian.R 2043 at http://archive.phillywatersheds.org