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You Won’t Believe these Numbers: Green City Clean Waters on Year 5

We’ve been following SustainPHL award recipient Green City Clean Waters since the beginning and can’t believe they recently celebrated 5 years!

They’ve greened a grand total of 837.7 Greened Acres as of June 1st, which equates to an estimated 1.5 billion gallon reduction in stormwater overflows during a typical year of rainfall.

Lucky for us, they compiled a nice lil’ video all about their program so we don’t have to list the details for you. Watch below.

Watch: Green City Clean Waters, 5 Years In

Julie Hancher

Julie Hancher is Editor-in-Chief of Green Philly, sharing her expertise of all things sustainable in the city of brotherly love. She enjoys long walks in the park with local beer and greening her travels, cooking & cat, Sir Floofus Drake.

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