StormwaterPA

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10/14/2015

Almost two months have passed since Philadelphia's new zoning code took effect, but many of the City's rivers and streams still have no legal protection.

08/11/2015

When segments of a creek run through hundreds of individual properties, improving water quality comes one step at a time. Homeowners CAN make a difference by rethinking…

11/11/2014

Happening tonight, come if you can...

Join us for the Premiere of a new short film about on our treasured Wissahickon Creek and hear from the filmmakers and a diverse group of experts about its history, the challenges it faces, and how YOU can be an active participant in making it a safer, healthier for the generations to come. Come ear…

11/10/2014

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10/24/2014

The latest GreenTreks video was a big hit at the Delaware River Watershed Forum this week--and it was only possible because we're surrounded by so many great partners doing such awesome work and because our funders realize the importance of spreading the word.

There's an amazing movement afoot throughout the Delaware River watershed and it's going to bring unprecedented attention to this underappreciated resource over…

07/08/2014

Have you looked over the green city, clean waters initiative lately? It is inspiring and revolutionary! http://www.phillywatersheds.org/what_were_doing/green_infrastructure

Green stormwater infrastructure includes a range of soil-water-plant systems that intercept stormwater, infiltrate a portion of it into the ground, evaporate a portion of it into the air, and in some cases release a portion of it slowly back into the sewer system.

06/05/2014

Watch how a community in West Philly beautified their homes, made practical use of their runoff, and protected their watershed in this video!
http://stormwaterpa.org/green-homes

Since residential rooftops account for a pretty significant amount of impervious cover, "Green Homes" is an element of the Philadelphia Water Department's ambitious Green City, Clean Waters program to which anyone can relate. PWD is working with homeowners to help them initiate projects to lessen th…

05/29/2014

PWD's Lance Butler and Joe Perillo working this week and found this very large striped bass. Pretty amazing to see aquatic life like this from a river that was once too polluted to support it. Lance had this to say:

"Being a PWD scientist for over 15 years, very little surprises me when I'm out in the field performing assessments, surveys, etc. I've had the rare opportunity to witness first-hand the trending resurgence of many aquatic species in the Schuylkill and Delaware drainages within and around Philly.

In short, fifteen years ago, if anyone said to me that there are 40"+ striped bass, thousands of river herring (blueback and Alewife) and Shad, and over 50+ species of fish in the lower Schuylkill, I would have probably said that they were lying. Today, that "myth" is reality and this picture is one that exemplifies this.

And although we face many issues, both legacy and future, with regards to our urban ecosystems (ranging from acute and chronic pollution events, invasive species introductions, climate change and sea level rise, etc.), I firmly believe that we (i.e., PWD and its partners) are on the correct path to improving the health and integrity of our aquatic resources."

04/25/2014

If you live in Philly, there are free rain barrel workshops being offered by Philadelphia Water Department and Energy Coordinating Agency Philadelphia next week:

April 29, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Pennypack Environmental Center, 8600A Verree Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19115. (Register: http://bit.ly/1jLYyb7)

April 30, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Torresdale Library, 3079 Holme Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19136. (Register: http://bit.ly/1fzxlY9)

May 1, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the People's Emergency Center, 325 N. 39th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (Register: http://bit.ly/1lOUidC)

04/15/2014

We know a bunch of you out there have rain barrels installed. Take a few moments to add your rain barrel to this national registry (http://bit.ly/1gyEbNQ). So far there is ONLY ONE rain barrel on the map from PA! Let's fill up the PA section of this map!

Join our effort to create a nationwide inventory of rain barrels. The Rain Barrel Registry will offer a visual record of the expanding trend toward installation and use of small-scale rain harvesting.